#79BBAB#79BBAB

#79BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.072 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBAB
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(165, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -24.62, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 24.66, 176.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0714 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.072 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0035, 42.5439, 44.9929)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBAB #BB7989

analogous

#79BB8A #79BBAB #79AABB

triadic

#79BBAB #AB79BB #BBAB79

tetradic

#79BBAB #8A79BB #BB7989 #AABB79

square

#79BBAB #8A79BB #BB7989 #AABB79

split-complementary

#79BBAB #BB79AA #BB8A79

monochromatic

#3E7B6C #53A490 #79BBAB #A2D0C4 #CAE4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#79BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBAB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBAB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.072 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfc4',
    500: '#79bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbab;
$custom-light: #a2cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.455,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBAB

secondary

#D5BBC1

accent

#3A56AB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBAB

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

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