#79BCB3#79BCB3

#79BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.070 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCB3
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(172, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -23.28, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 23.38, 185.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0692 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.07 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0021, 43.2839, 49.2020)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCB3 #BC7982

analogous

#79BC91 #79BCB3 #79A3BC

triadic

#79BCB3 #B379BC #BCB379

tetradic

#79BCB3 #9179BC #BC7982 #A3BC79

square

#79BCB3 #9179BC #BC7982 #A3BC79

split-complementary

#79BCB3 #BC79A3 #BC9179

monochromatic

#3E7C74 #53A59A #79BCB3 #A2D0CA #CBE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#79BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#79BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCB3

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCB3	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.070 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c9',
    500: '#79bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcb3;
$custom-light: #a2d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7478,
    "c": 0.06952,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCB3

secondary

#D5BCBF

accent

#3949AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCB3

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

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