#79B59D#79B59D

#79B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.072 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B59D
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(156, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(156, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -24.72, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 25.46, 166.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.07 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.072 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4927, 39.5454, 37.9181)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B59D #B57991

analogous

#79B57F #79B59D #79AFB5

triadic

#79B59D #9D79B5 #B59D79

tetradic

#79B59D #7F79B5 #B57991 #AFB579

square

#79B59D #7F79B5 #B57991 #AFB579

split-complementary

#79B59D #B579AF #B57F79

monochromatic

#40745F #569B7F #79B59D #A0CBBA #C8E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#79B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B59D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B59D	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.072 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbb9',
    500: '#79b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b59d;
$custom-light: #a1cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.0717,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B59D

secondary

#D1B9C3

accent

#638AC5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B59D

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

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