#79B8A1#79B8A1

#79B8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.073 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B8A1
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(158, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(158, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -25.34, 5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 25.89, 168.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.072 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.073 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4564, 40.9173, 39.9516)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B8A1 #B87990

analogous

#79B881 #79B8A1 #79B0B8

triadic

#79B8A1 #A179B8 #B8A179

tetradic

#79B8A1 #8179B8 #B87990 #B0B879

square

#79B8A1 #8179B8 #B87990 #B0B879

split-complementary

#79B8A1 #B879B0 #B88179

monochromatic

#3F7763 #549F84 #79B8A1 #A1CDBD #C9E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79B8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#79B8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8A1

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B8A1	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.073 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdbc',
    500: '#79b8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b8a1;
$custom-light: #a2cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.095,
    "s": 30.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.0733,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B8A1

secondary

#D3BAC3

accent

#6186C7

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B8A1

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

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