#79BBC4#79BBC4

#79BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.068 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBC4
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 38%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -18.64, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 21.73, 210.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0609 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.068 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6157, 43.5888, 58.7506)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBC4 #C48279

analogous

#79C4A8 #79BBC4 #7996C4

triadic

#79BBC4 #C479BB #BBC479

tetradic

#79BBC4 #A879C4 #C48279 #96C479

square

#79BBC4 #A879C4 #C48279 #96C479

split-complementary

#79BBC4 #C47996 #C4A879

monochromatic

#3B7E87 #4FA5B1 #79BBC4 #A3D1D7 #CEE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#79BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBC4

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBC4	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.068 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfd5',
    500: '#79bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbc4;
$custom-light: #a3cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 38.86,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75108,
    "c": 0.06821,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBC4

secondary

#DAC2BF

accent

#4334B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBC4

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

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