#79BBB0#79BBB0

#79BBB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.069 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBB0
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 176)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(170, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -23.48, -1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 23.50, 182.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0693 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.069 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4891, 42.7381, 47.5505)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBB0 #BB7984

analogous

#79BB8F #79BBB0 #79A5BB

triadic

#79BBB0 #B079BB #BBB079

tetradic

#79BBB0 #8F79BB #BB7984 #A5BB79

square

#79BBB0 #8F79BB #BB7984 #A5BB79

split-complementary

#79BBB0 #BB79A5 #BB8F79

monochromatic

#3E7B71 #53A496 #79BBB0 #A2D0C8 #CAE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#79BBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#79BBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBB0

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBB0	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.069 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfc7',
    500: '#79bbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbb0;
$custom-light: #a2cfc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.06935,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBB0

secondary

#D5BBBF

accent

#3A4DAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBB0

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

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