#79B5BA#79B5BA

#79B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.062 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5BA
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -18.03, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 20.02, 205.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0575 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.062 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2689, 40.6558, 52.5392)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5BA #BA7E79

analogous

#79BA9E #79B5BA #7995BA

triadic

#79B5BA #BA79B5 #B5BA79

tetradic

#79B5BA #9E79BA #BA7E79 #95BA79

square

#79B5BA #9E79BA #BA7E79 #95BA79

split-complementary

#79B5BA #BA7995 #BA9E79

monochromatic

#3F757A #549CA2 #79B5BA #A1CBCF #CAE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#79B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5BA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5BA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.062 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbce',
    500: '#79b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5ba;
$custom-light: #a2cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 32.02,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73396,
    "c": 0.06229,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5BA

secondary

#D4BDBB

accent

#433BAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5BA

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

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