#79B8BE#79B8BE

#79B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.065 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B8BE
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -18.59, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 20.85, 206.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0596 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.065 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3166, 42.0614, 55.0156)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B8BE #BE7F79

analogous

#79BEA1 #79B8BE #7995BE

triadic

#79B8BE #BE79B8 #B8BE79

tetradic

#79B8BE #A179BE #BE7F79 #95BE79

square

#79B8BE #A179BE #BE7F79 #95BE79

split-complementary

#79B8BE #BE7995 #BEA179

monochromatic

#3E797F #52A1A8 #79B8BE #A2CED2 #CBE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#79B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8BE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B8BE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.065 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdd1',
    500: '#79b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b8be;
$custom-light: #a3cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74218,
    "c": 0.06503,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B8BE

secondary

#D6BFBC

accent

#4238AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B8BE

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

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