#79BBBA#79BBBA

#79BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.067 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBBA
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -21.11, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 21.98, 196.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.065 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.067 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5152, 43.1486, 52.9546)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBBA #BB797A

analogous

#79BB99 #79BBBA #799BBB

triadic

#79BBBA #BA79BB #BBBA79

tetradic

#79BBBA #9979BB #BB797A #9BBB79

square

#79BBBA #9979BB #BB797A #9BBB79

split-complementary

#79BBBA #BB799B #BB9979

monochromatic

#3E7B7A #53A4A2 #79BBBA #A2D0CF #CAE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#79BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#79BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBBA

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBBA	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FBFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.067 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfce',
    500: '#79bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbba;
$custom-light: #a3cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.091,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.06721,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBBA

secondary

#D5BBBC

accent

#3A3CAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBBA

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

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