#79B5AE#79B5AE

#79B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.063 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5AE
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -20.91, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 21.07, 187.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0626 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.063 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0463, 40.1668, 46.1006)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5AE #B57980

analogous

#79B590 #79B5AE #799EB5

triadic

#79B5AE #AE79B5 #B5AE79

tetradic

#79B5AE #9079B5 #B57980 #9EB579

square

#79B5AE #9079B5 #B57980 #9EB579

split-complementary

#79B5AE #B5799E #B59079

monochromatic

#40746E #569B93 #79B5AE #A0CBC6 #C8E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#79B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5AE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5AE	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.063 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbc6',
    500: '#79b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5ae;
$custom-light: #a2cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73005,
    "c": 0.06299,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5AE

secondary

#D1B9BC

accent

#636EC5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5AE

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

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