#79B799#79B799

#79B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.078 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B799
RGB	rgb(121, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(151, 30%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(151, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -26.55, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 28.03, 161.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0743 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.078 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5664, 40.2302, 36.2854)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B799 #B77997

analogous

#79B77A #79B799 #79B6B7

triadic

#79B799 #9979B7 #B79979

tetradic

#79B799 #7A79B7 #B77997 #B6B779

square

#79B799 #7A79B7 #B77997 #B6B779

split-complementary

#79B799 #B779B6 #B77A79

monochromatic

#3F765C #559E7B #79B799 #A1CCB7 #C9E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#79B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B799

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B799	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.078 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdb7',
    500: '#79b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b799;
$custom-light: #a2cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.968,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B799

secondary

#D2BAC6

accent

#6192C6

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B799

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

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