#79BBBE#79BBBE

#79BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.067 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBBE
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -20.13, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 21.72, 202.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0634 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.067 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9464, 43.3210, 55.2255)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBBE #BE7C79

analogous

#79BE9E #79BBBE #7998BE

triadic

#79BBBE #BE79BB #BBBE79

tetradic

#79BBBE #9E79BE #BE7C79 #98BE79

square

#79BBBE #9E79BE #BE7C79 #98BE79

split-complementary

#79BBBE #BE7998 #BE9E79

monochromatic

#3E7C7F #52A4A8 #79BBBE #A2D0D2 #CBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#79BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#79BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBBE

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBBE	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.067 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfd1',
    500: '#79bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbbe;
$custom-light: #a3cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74904,
    "c": 0.06723,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBBE

secondary

#D6BEBC

accent

#3D38AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBBE

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

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