#79BCBA#79BCBA

#79BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.068 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCBA
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(178, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -21.61, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 22.36, 194.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0663 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.068 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7281, 43.5743, 53.0256)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCBA #BC797B

analogous

#79BC98 #79BCBA #799CBC

triadic

#79BCBA #BA79BC #BCBA79

tetradic

#79BCBA #9879BC #BC797B #9CBC79

square

#79BCBA #9879BC #BC797B #9CBC79

split-complementary

#79BCBA #BC799C #BC9879

monochromatic

#3E7C7B #53A5A3 #79BCBA #A2D0CF #CBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#79BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCBA

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCBA	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.068 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0ce',
    500: '#79bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcba;
$custom-light: #a3d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75002,
    "c": 0.06813,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCBA

secondary

#D5BCBC

accent

#393DAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCBA

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

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