#79B4BA#79B4BA

#79B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.062 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4BA
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -17.51, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 19.75, 207.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0563 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.062 204)
XYZ	xyz(33.0663, 40.2506, 52.4716)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4BA #BA7F79

analogous

#79BA9F #79B4BA #7994BA

triadic

#79B4BA #BA79B4 #B4BA79

tetradic

#79B4BA #9F79BA #BA7F79 #94BA79

square

#79B4BA #9F79BA #BA7F79 #94BA79

split-complementary

#79B4BA #BA7994 #BA9F79

monochromatic

#3F747A #549BA2 #79B4BA #A1CBCF #CAE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#79B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4BA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4BA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.062 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cace',
    500: '#79b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4ba;
$custom-light: #a2cace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 32.02,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73167,
    "c": 0.06159,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.40253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4BA

secondary

#D4BDBB

accent

#453BAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4BA

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

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