#79BCBB#79BCBB

#79BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.068 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCBB
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -21.37, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 22.26, 196.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0659 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.068 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8348, 43.6170, 53.5874)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCBB #BC797A

analogous

#79BC99 #79BCBB #799BBC

triadic

#79BCBB #BB79BC #BCBB79

tetradic

#79BCBB #9979BC #BC797A #9BBC79

square

#79BCBB #9979BC #BC797A #9BBC79

split-complementary

#79BCBB #BC799B #BC9979

monochromatic

#3E7C7B #53A5A4 #79BCBB #A2D0D0 #CBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#79BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCBB

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCBB	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)

#B4B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.068 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0cf',
    500: '#79bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcbb;
$custom-light: #a3d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75035,
    "c": 0.06806,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCBB

secondary

#D5BCBC

accent

#393BAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCBB

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

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