#79B899#79B899

#79B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.079 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B899
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(150, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(150, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -27.04, 9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 28.62, 160.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0756 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.079 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7734, 40.6441, 36.3544)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B899 #B87998

analogous

#79B879 #79B899 #79B8B8

triadic

#79B899 #9979B8 #B89979

tetradic

#79B899 #7979B8 #B87998 #B8B879

square

#79B899 #7979B8 #B87998 #B8B879

split-complementary

#79B899 #B879B8 #B87979

monochromatic

#3F775C #549F7A #79B899 #A1CDB7 #C9E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#79B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B899

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B899	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)

#B6AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.079 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdb7',
    500: '#79b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b899;
$custom-light: #a2cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.476,
    "s": 30.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73099,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B899

secondary

#D3BAC6

accent

#6193C7

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B899

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

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