#79BBC8#79BBC8

#79BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.070 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBC8
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -17.62, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 22.00, 216.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0593 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.07 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0771, 43.7733, 61.1804)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBC8 #C88679

analogous

#79C8AD #79BBC8 #7994C8

triadic

#79BBC8 #C879BB #BBC879

tetradic

#79BBC8 #AD79C8 #C88679 #94C879

square

#79BBC8 #AD79C8 #C88679 #94C879

split-complementary

#79BBC8 #C87994 #C8AD79

monochromatic

#3A7F8D #4EA5B6 #79BBC8 #A4D1DA #D0E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#79BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBC8

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBC8	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.070 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfd8',
    500: '#79bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbc8;
$custom-light: #a3cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.873,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75248,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBC8

secondary

#DDC5C0

accent

#4631B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBC8

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

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