#79B5BC#79B5BC

#79B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.063 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5BC
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -17.54, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 20.05, 208.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0567 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.063 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4830, 40.7415, 53.6668)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5BC #BC8079

analogous

#79BCA1 #79B5BC #7993BC

triadic

#79B5BC #BC79B5 #B5BC79

tetradic

#79B5BC #A179BC #BC8079 #93BC79

square

#79B5BC #A179BC #BC8079 #93BC79

split-complementary

#79B5BC #BC7993 #BCA179

monochromatic

#3E767C #539DA5 #79B5BC #A2CCD0 #CBE2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#79B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5BC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5BC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.063 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbd0',
    500: '#79b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5bc;
$custom-light: #a2cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.06266,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5BC

secondary

#D5BEBC

accent

#4539AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5BC

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

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