#79BBAC#79BBAC

#79BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.071 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBAC
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -24.39, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 24.41, 177.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.071 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.071 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0992, 42.5821, 45.4968)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBAC #BB7988

analogous

#79BB8B #79BBAC #79A9BB

triadic

#79BBAC #AC79BB #BBAC79

tetradic

#79BBAC #8B79BB #BB7988 #A9BB79

square

#79BBAC #8B79BB #BB7988 #A9BB79

split-complementary

#79BBAC #BB79A9 #BB8B79

monochromatic

#3E7B6D #53A491 #79BBAC #A2D0C5 #CAE4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#79BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBAC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBAC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.071 178.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.07103,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBAC

secondary

#D5BBC1

accent

#3A54AB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBAC

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

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