#79BBBB#79BBBB

#79BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.067 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBBB
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -20.86, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 21.90, 197.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0646 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.067 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6219, 43.1912, 53.5165)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBBB #BB7979

analogous

#79BB9A #79BBBB #799ABB

triadic

#79BBBB #BB79BB #BBBB79

tetradic

#79BBBB #9A79BB #BB7979 #9ABB79

square

#79BBBB #9A79BB #BB7979 #9ABB79

split-complementary

#79BBBB #BB799A #BB9A79

monochromatic

#3E7B7B #53A4A4 #79BBBB #A2D0D0 #CAE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#79BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#79BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBBB

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBBB	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.067 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfcf',
    500: '#79bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbbb;
$custom-light: #a3cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.06716,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBBB

secondary

#D5BBBB

accent

#3A3AAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBBB

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

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