#79BCAC#79BCAC

#79BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.072 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCAC
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(166, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -24.89, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 24.93, 176.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0722 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.072 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3121, 43.0079, 45.5678)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCAC #BC7989

analogous

#79BC8A #79BCAC #79AABC

triadic

#79BCAC #AC79BC #BCAC79

tetradic

#79BCAC #8A79BC #BC7989 #AABC79

square

#79BCAC #8A79BC #BC7989 #AABC79

split-complementary

#79BCAC #BC79AA #BC8A79

monochromatic

#3E7C6E #53A591 #79BCAC #A2D0C5 #CBE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#79BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#79BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCAC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCAC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.072 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c4',
    500: '#79bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcac;
$custom-light: #a2d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74568,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCAC

secondary

#D5BCC2

accent

#3955AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCAC

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

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