#79B9B2#79B9B2

#79B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.066 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B9B2
RGB	rgb(121, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -22.00, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 22.20, 187.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0659 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.066 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2671, 41.9752, 48.4599)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B9B2 #B97980

analogous

#79B992 #79B9B2 #79A0B9

triadic

#79B9B2 #B279B9 #B9B279

tetradic

#79B9B2 #9279B9 #B97980 #A0B979

square

#79B9B2 #9279B9 #B97980 #A0B979

split-complementary

#79B9B2 #B979A0 #B99279

monochromatic

#3F7972 #54A198 #79B9B2 #A1CEC9 #C9E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#79B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B9B2

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B9B2	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.066 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cec9',
    500: '#79b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b9b2;
$custom-light: #a2cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.438,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.06643,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B9B2

secondary

#D3BBBD

accent

#606CC8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B9B2

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

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