#79B5A3#79B5A3

#79B5A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.068 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5A3
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 163)
HSL	hsl(162, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(162, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 9.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -23.41, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 23.60, 172.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0673 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.068 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0176, 39.7553, 40.6824)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5A3 #B5798B

analogous

#79B585 #79B5A3 #79A9B5

triadic

#79B5A3 #A379B5 #B5A379

tetradic

#79B5A3 #8579B5 #B5798B #A9B579

square

#79B5A3 #8579B5 #B5798B #A9B579

split-complementary

#79B5A3 #B579A9 #B58579

monochromatic

#407464 #569B86 #79B5A3 #A0CBBE #C8E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79B5A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#79B5A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5A3

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5A3	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.068 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbbe',
    500: '#79b5a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5a3;
$custom-light: #a2cbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.06775,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5A3

secondary

#D1B9C0

accent

#6380C5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5A3

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

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