#79B5A2#79B5A2

#79B5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.068 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5A2
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(161, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -23.63, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 23.89, 171.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0678 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.068 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9283, 39.7196, 40.2124)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5A2 #B5798C

analogous

#79B584 #79B5A2 #79AAB5

triadic

#79B5A2 #A279B5 #B5A279

tetradic

#79B5A2 #8479B5 #B5798C #AAB579

square

#79B5A2 #8479B5 #B5798C #AAB579

split-complementary

#79B5A2 #B579AA #B58479

monochromatic

#407463 #569B85 #79B5A2 #A0CBBD #C8E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79B5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#79B5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5A2

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5A2	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.068 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbbd',
    500: '#79b5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5a2;
$custom-light: #a2cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.06835,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5A2

secondary

#D1B9C1

accent

#6382C5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5A2

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

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