#79BBAE#79BBAE

#79BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.070 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBAE
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -23.94, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 23.94, 180.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0701 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.07 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2927, 42.6595, 46.5160)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBAE #BB7986

analogous

#79BB8D #79BBAE #79A7BB

triadic

#79BBAE #AE79BB #BBAE79

tetradic

#79BBAE #8D79BB #BB7986 #A7BB79

square

#79BBAE #8D79BB #BB7986 #A7BB79

split-complementary

#79BBAE #BB79A7 #BB8D79

monochromatic

#3E7B6F #53A494 #79BBAE #A2D0C7 #CAE4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#79BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#79BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBAE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBAE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.070 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfc6',
    500: '#79bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbae;
$custom-light: #a2cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74396,
    "c": 0.07014,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBAE

secondary

#D5BBC0

accent

#3A50AB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBAE

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

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