#79B4AA#79B4AA

#79B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.063 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4AA
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -21.33, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 21.35, 182.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.063 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.063 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4596, 39.6080, 44.0098)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4AA #B47983

analogous

#79B48D #79B4AA #79A1B4

triadic

#79B4AA #AA79B4 #B4AA79

tetradic

#79B4AA #8D79B4 #B47983 #A1B479

square

#79B4AA #8D79B4 #B47983 #A1B479

split-complementary

#79B4AA #B479A1 #B48D79

monochromatic

#40736A #569A8E #79B4AA #A0CAC3 #C7E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#79B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4AA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4AA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.063 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cac3',
    500: '#79b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4aa;
$custom-light: #a2cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.831,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4AA

secondary

#D0B9BD

accent

#6374C5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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