#79B8A2#79B8A2

#79B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.073 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B8A2
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(159, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(159, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -25.13, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 25.58, 169.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0716 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.073 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5449, 40.9528, 40.4179)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B8A2 #B8798F

analogous

#79B883 #79B8A2 #79AEB8

triadic

#79B8A2 #A279B8 #B8A279

tetradic

#79B8A2 #8379B8 #B8798F #AEB879

square

#79B8A2 #8379B8 #B8798F #AEB879

split-complementary

#79B8A2 #B879AE #B88379

monochromatic

#3F7764 #549F85 #79B8A2 #A1CDBE #C9E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#79B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#79B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8A2

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B8A2	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.073 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdbd',
    500: '#79b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b8a2;
$custom-light: #a2cdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.048,
    "s": 30.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73345,
    "c": 0.07263,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B8A2

secondary

#D3BAC3

accent

#6185C7

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B8A2

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

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