#79BBB3#79BBB3

#79BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.068 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBB3
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -22.78, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 22.92, 186.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.068 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.068 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7892, 42.8582, 49.1311)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBB3 #BB7981

analogous

#79BB92 #79BBB3 #79A2BB

triadic

#79BBB3 #B379BB #BBB379

tetradic

#79BBB3 #9279BB #BB7981 #A2BB79

square

#79BBB3 #9279BB #BB7981 #A2BB79

split-complementary

#79BBB3 #BB79A2 #BB9279

monochromatic

#3E7B74 #53A49A #79BBB3 #A2D0CA #CAE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#79BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#79BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBB3

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBB3	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.068 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfc9',
    500: '#79bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbb3;
$custom-light: #a2cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74549,
    "c": 0.06839,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBB3

secondary

#D5BBBE

accent

#3A48AB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBB3

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

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