#79BBC2#79BBC2

#79BBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.068 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBC2
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -19.14, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 21.67, 208.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0617 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.068 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3896, 43.4983, 57.5597)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBC2 #C28079

analogous

#79C2A5 #79BBC2 #7997C2

triadic

#79BBC2 #C279BB #BBC279

tetradic

#79BBC2 #A579C2 #C28079 #97C279

square

#79BBC2 #A579C2 #C28079 #97C279

split-complementary

#79BBC2 #C27997 #C2A579

monochromatic

#3C7D84 #4FA5AE #79BBC2 #A3D0D5 #CDE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#79BBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBC2

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBC2	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.068 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfd4',
    500: '#79bbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbc2;
$custom-light: #a3cfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75039,
    "c": 0.06776,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBC2

secondary

#D9C0BE

accent

#4135B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBC2

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

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