#79BCA2#79BCA2

#79BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.078 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCA2
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(157, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(157, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -27.10, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 27.86, 166.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0766 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.078 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3876, 42.6381, 40.6988)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCA2 #BC7993

analogous

#79BC80 #79BCA2 #79B4BC

triadic

#79BCA2 #A279BC #BCA279

tetradic

#79BCA2 #8079BC #BC7993 #B4BC79

square

#79BCA2 #8079BC #BC7993 #B4BC79

split-complementary

#79BCA2 #BC79B4 #BC8079

monochromatic

#3E7C64 #53A585 #79BCA2 #A2D0BE #CBE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#79BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#79BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCA2

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCA2	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.078 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0bd',
    500: '#79bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bca2;
$custom-light: #a2d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.716,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.07843,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCA2

secondary

#D5BCC6

accent

#3966AC

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCA2

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

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