#79BBAD#79BBAD

#79BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.071 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBAD
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -24.16, 0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 24.17, 178.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0706 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.071 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1956, 42.6207, 46.0045)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBAD #BB7987

analogous

#79BB8C #79BBAD #79A8BB

triadic

#79BBAD #AD79BB #BBAD79

tetradic

#79BBAD #8C79BB #BB7987 #A8BB79

square

#79BBAD #8C79BB #BB7987 #A8BB79

split-complementary

#79BBAD #BB79A8 #BB8C79

monochromatic

#3E7B6E #53A493 #79BBAD #A2D0C6 #CAE4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#79BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#79BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBAD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBAD	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	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)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.071 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfc5',
    500: '#79bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbad;
$custom-light: #a2cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.273,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74366,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBAD

secondary

#D5BBC1

accent

#3A52AB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBAD

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

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