#79BC9D#79BC9D

#79BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.082 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BC9D
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(152, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(152, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -28.16, 9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 29.56, 162.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0789 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.082 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9519, 42.4639, 38.4045)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BC9D #BC7998

analogous

#79BC7B #79BC9D #79B9BC

triadic

#79BC9D #9D79BC #BC9D79

tetradic

#79BC9D #7B79BC #BC7998 #B9BC79

square

#79BC9D #7B79BC #BC7998 #B9BC79

split-complementary

#79BC9D #BC79B9 #BC7B79

monochromatic

#3E7C60 #53A57F #79BC9D #A2D0BB #CBE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#79BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BC9D

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BC9D	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.082 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0ba',
    500: '#79bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bc9d;
$custom-light: #a2d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.239,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74147,
    "c": 0.08222,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BC9D

secondary

#D5BCC7

accent

#396EAC

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BC9D

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

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