#79BB9D#79BB9D

#79BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.081 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BB9D
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(153, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(153, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -27.67, 8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 28.98, 162.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0776 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.081 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7391, 42.0381, 38.3335)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BB9D #BB7997

analogous

#79BB7C #79BB9D #79B8BB

triadic

#79BB9D #9D79BB #BB9D79

tetradic

#79BB9D #7C79BB #BB7997 #B8BB79

square

#79BB9D #7C79BB #BB7997 #B8BB79

split-complementary

#79BB9D #BB79B8 #BB7C79

monochromatic

#3E7B60 #53A47F #79BB9D #A2D0BB #CAE4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#79BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BB9D

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BB9D	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)

#B9B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.081 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfba',
    500: '#79bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bb9d;
$custom-light: #a2cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.727,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.08071,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BB9D

secondary

#D5BBC7

accent

#3A6EAB

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BB9D

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

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