#79B8BB#79B8BB

#79B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.065 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B8BB
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -19.33, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 20.90, 202.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0609 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.065 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9921, 41.9316, 53.3065)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B8BB #BB7C79

analogous

#79BB9D #79B8BB #7997BB

triadic

#79B8BB #BB79B8 #B8BB79

tetradic

#79B8BB #9D79BB #BB7C79 #97BB79

square

#79B8BB #9D79BB #BB7C79 #97BB79

split-complementary

#79B8BB #BB7997 #BB9D79

monochromatic

#3E787B #53A0A4 #79B8BB #A2CED0 #CAE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#79B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8BB

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B8BB	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.065 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdcf',
    500: '#79b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b8bb;
$custom-light: #a2cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.06466,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B8BB

secondary

#D5BCBB

accent

#3F3AAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B8BB

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

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