#79BCB2#79BCB2

#79BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.070 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCB2
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(171, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -23.51, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 23.57, 184.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0697 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.07 184)
XYZ	xyz(33.9014, 43.2436, 48.6713)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCB2 #BC7983

analogous

#79BC90 #79BCB2 #79A4BC

triadic

#79BCB2 #B279BC #BCB279

tetradic

#79BCB2 #9079BC #BC7983 #A4BC79

square

#79BCB2 #9079BC #BC7983 #A4BC79

split-complementary

#79BCB2 #BC79A4 #BC9079

monochromatic

#3E7C73 #53A599 #79BCB2 #A2D0C9 #CBE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#79BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#79BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCB2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCB2	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.070 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c9',
    500: '#79bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcb2;
$custom-light: #a2d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.045,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7475,
    "c": 0.06983,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.43246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCB2

secondary

#D5BCBF

accent

#394BAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCB2

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

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