#79BC9F#79BC9F

#79BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.081 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BC9F
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(154, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(154, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -27.74, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 28.86, 163.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.078 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.081 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1241, 42.5327, 39.3111)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BC9F #BC7996

analogous

#79BC7D #79BC9F #79B7BC

triadic

#79BC9F #9F79BC #BC9F79

tetradic

#79BC9F #7D79BC #BC7996 #B7BC79

square

#79BC9F #7D79BC #BC7996 #B7BC79

split-complementary

#79BC9F #BC79B7 #BC7D79

monochromatic

#3E7C61 #53A581 #79BC9F #A2D0BC #CBE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#79BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BC9F

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BC9F	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.081 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0bb',
    500: '#79bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bc9f;
$custom-light: #a2d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.03,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.08066,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BC9F

secondary

#D5BCC7

accent

#396BAC

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BC9F

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

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