#79B59A#79B59A

#79B59A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.074 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B59A
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(153, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(153, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -25.35, 7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 26.48, 163.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0713 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.074 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2397, 39.4442, 36.5857)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B59A #B57994

analogous

#79B57C #79B59A #79B2B5

triadic

#79B59A #9A79B5 #B59A79

tetradic

#79B59A #7C79B5 #B57994 #B2B579

square

#79B59A #7C79B5 #B57994 #B2B579

split-complementary

#79B59A #B579B2 #B57C79

monochromatic

#40745C #569B7C #79B59A #A0CBB8 #C8E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#79B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B59A

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B59A	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.074 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbb7',
    500: '#79b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b59a;
$custom-light: #a1cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B59A

secondary

#D1B9C4

accent

#638FC5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B59A

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

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