#79BCC2#79BCC2

#79BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.068 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCC2
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -19.65, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 21.94, 206.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.063 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.068 203)
XYZ	xyz(35.6025, 43.9241, 57.6306)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCC2 #C27F79

analogous

#79C2A4 #79BCC2 #7998C2

triadic

#79BCC2 #C279BC #BCC279

tetradic

#79BCC2 #A479C2 #C27F79 #98C279

square

#79BCC2 #A479C2 #C27F79 #98C279

split-complementary

#79BCC2 #C27998 #C2A479

monochromatic

#3C7E84 #4FA7AE #79BCC2 #A3D1D5 #CDE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#79BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCC2

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCC2	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.068 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0d4',
    500: '#79bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcc2;
$custom-light: #a3d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75268,
    "c": 0.06842,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.43926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCC2

secondary

#D9C0BE

accent

#3F35B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCC2

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

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