#79B4BB#79B4BB

#79B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.062 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4BB
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -17.27, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 19.78, 209.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0559 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.062 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1729, 40.2933, 53.0335)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4BB #BB8079

analogous

#79BBA1 #79B4BB #7993BB

triadic

#79B4BB #BB79B4 #B4BB79

tetradic

#79B4BB #A179BB #BB8079 #93BB79

square

#79B4BB #A179BB #BB8079 #93BB79

split-complementary

#79B4BB #BB7993 #BBA179

monochromatic

#3E757B #539BA4 #79B4BB #A2CBD0 #CAE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#79B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4BB

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4BB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.062 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cacf',
    500: '#79b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4bb;
$custom-light: #a2cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.0618,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4BB

secondary

#D5BEBB

accent

#463AAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4BB

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

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