#79B596#79B596

#79B596 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.077 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B596
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(149, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(149, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -26.18, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 27.92, 159.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0731 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.077 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9121, 39.3131, 34.8603)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B596 #B57998

analogous

#7AB579 #79B596 #79B5B4

triadic

#79B596 #9679B5 #B59679

tetradic

#79B596 #797AB5 #B57998 #B5B479

square

#79B596 #797AB5 #B57998 #B5B479

split-complementary

#79B596 #B479B5 #B5797A

monochromatic

#407459 #569B77 #79B596 #A0CBB5 #C8E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#79B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B596

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B596	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.077 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbb4',
    500: '#79b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b596;
$custom-light: #a1cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B596

secondary

#D1B9C5

accent

#6396C5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B596

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →