#79BCAE#79BCAE

#79BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.071 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCAE
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -24.43, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 24.44, 179.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0714 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.071 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5056, 43.0853, 46.5870)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCAE #BC7987

analogous

#79BC8C #79BCAE #79A8BC

triadic

#79BCAE #AE79BC #BCAE79

tetradic

#79BCAE #8C79BC #BC7987 #A8BC79

square

#79BCAE #8C79BC #BC7987 #A8BC79

split-complementary

#79BCAE #BC79A8 #BC8C79

monochromatic

#3E7C6F #53A594 #79BCAE #A2D0C7 #CBE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#79BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#79BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCAE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCAE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.071 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c6',
    500: '#79bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcae;
$custom-light: #a2d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.463,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.07139,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCAE

secondary

#D5BCC1

accent

#3951AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCAE

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

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