#79B6A2#79B6A2

#79B6A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.070 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B6A2
RGB	rgb(121, 182, 162)
HSL	hsl(160, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(160, 34%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 0%, 11%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -24.13, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 24.45, 170.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.069 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.07 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1324, 40.1277, 40.2804)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B6A2 #B6798D

analogous

#79B684 #79B6A2 #79ACB6

triadic

#79B6A2 #A279B6 #B6A279

tetradic

#79B6A2 #8479B6 #B6798D #ACB679

square

#79B6A2 #8479B6 #B6798D #ACB679

split-complementary

#79B6A2 #B679AC #B68479

monochromatic

#407563 #559D85 #79B6A2 #A1CCBD #C8E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#79B6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#79B6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B6A2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B6A2	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 182, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.070 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ccbd',
    500: '#79b6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b6a2;
$custom-light: #a2ccbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.328,
    "s": 29.469,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B6A2

secondary

#D1BAC1

accent

#6283C6

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B6A2

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

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