#79BCBE#79BCBE

#79BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.068 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCBE
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -20.64, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 22.04, 200.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0646 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.068 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1593, 43.7468, 55.2965)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCBE #BE7B79

analogous

#79BE9D #79BCBE #7999BE

triadic

#79BCBE #BE79BC #BCBE79

tetradic

#79BCBE #9D79BE #BE7B79 #99BE79

square

#79BCBE #9D79BE #BE7B79 #99BE79

split-complementary

#79BCBE #BE7999 #BE9D79

monochromatic

#3E7D7F #52A6A8 #79BCBE #A2D1D2 #CBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#79BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCBE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCBE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.068 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0d1',
    500: '#79bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcbe;
$custom-light: #a3d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.06802,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCBE

secondary

#D6BDBC

accent

#3B38AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCBE

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

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