#79BCBD#79BCBD

#79BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.068 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCBD
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -20.88, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 22.10, 199.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.065 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.068 197)
XYZ	xyz(35.0504, 43.7032, 54.7229)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCBD #BD7A79

analogous

#79BD9C #79BCBD #799ABD

triadic

#79BCBD #BD79BC #BCBD79

tetradic

#79BCBD #9C79BD #BD7A79 #9ABD79

square

#79BCBD #9C79BD #BD7A79 #9ABD79

split-complementary

#79BCBD #BD799A #BD9C79

monochromatic

#3E7D7E #52A5A7 #79BCBD #A2D1D1 #CBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#79BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCBD

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCBD	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.068 197.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.751,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.43706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCBD

secondary

#D6BCBC

accent

#3A39AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCBD

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

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