#79BCAD#79BCAD

#79BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.072 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCAD
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -24.66, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 24.68, 178.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0718 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.072 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4085, 43.0465, 46.0755)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCAD #BC7988

analogous

#79BC8B #79BCAD #79A9BC

triadic

#79BCAD #AD79BC #BCAD79

tetradic

#79BCAD #8B79BC #BC7988 #A9BC79

square

#79BCAD #8B79BC #BC7988 #A9BC79

split-complementary

#79BCAD #BC79A9 #BC8B79

monochromatic

#3E7C6E #53A593 #79BCAD #A2D0C6 #CBE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#79BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#79BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCAD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCAD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.072 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c5',
    500: '#79bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcad;
$custom-light: #a2d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.567,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74598,
    "c": 0.07184,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCAD

secondary

#D5BCC1

accent

#3953AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCAD

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

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