#79BCBF#79BCBF

#79BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.068 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCBF
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -20.39, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 22.00, 202.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0642 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.068 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2690, 43.7907, 55.8741)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCBF #BF7C79

analogous

#79BF9F #79BCBF #7999BF

triadic

#79BCBF #BF79BC #BCBF79

tetradic

#79BCBF #9F79BF #BF7C79 #99BF79

square

#79BCBF #9F79BF #BF7C79 #99BF79

split-complementary

#79BCBF #BF7999 #BF9F79

monochromatic

#3D7D80 #51A6AA #79BCBF #A2D1D3 #CCE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#79BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCBF

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCBF	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.068 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0d2',
    500: '#79bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcbf;
$custom-light: #a3d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCBF

secondary

#D7BEBD

accent

#3C37AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCBF

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

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