#79BBC0#79BBC0

#79BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.067 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBC0
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(184, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -19.64, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 21.67, 205.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0625 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.067 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1665, 43.4091, 56.3847)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBC0 #C07E79

analogous

#79C0A2 #79BBC0 #7998C0

triadic

#79BBC0 #C079BB #BBC079

tetradic

#79BBC0 #A279C0 #C07E79 #98C079

square

#79BBC0 #A279C0 #C07E79 #98C079

split-complementary

#79BBC0 #C07998 #C0A279

monochromatic

#3D7D82 #51A5AB #79BBC0 #A3D0D4 #CCE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#79BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#79BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBC0

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBC0	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.067 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfd3',
    500: '#79bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbc0;
$custom-light: #a3cfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.06742,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBC0

secondary

#D8BFBD

accent

#3F37AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBC0

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

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