#79BCBC#79BCBC

#79BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.068 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCBC
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -21.13, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 22.18, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0654 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.068 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9422, 43.6600, 54.1532)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCBC #BC7979

analogous

#79BC9A #79BCBC #799ABC

triadic

#79BCBC #BC79BC #BCBC79

tetradic

#79BCBC #9A79BC #BC7979 #9ABC79

square

#79BCBC #9A79BC #BC7979 #9ABC79

split-complementary

#79BCBC #BC799A #BC9A79

monochromatic

#3E7C7C #53A5A5 #79BCBC #A2D0D0 #CBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#79BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCBC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCBC	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.068 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0d0',
    500: '#79bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcbc;
$custom-light: #a3d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75067,
    "c": 0.06801,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCBC

secondary

#D5BCBC

accent

#3939AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCBC

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

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