#79BCC4#79BCC4

#79BCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.069 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCC4
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 38%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -19.15, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 21.96, 209.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0622 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.069 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8286, 44.0145, 58.8215)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCC4 #C48179

analogous

#79C4A7 #79BCC4 #7997C4

triadic

#79BCC4 #C479BC #BCC479

tetradic

#79BCC4 #A779C4 #C48179 #97C479

square

#79BCC4 #A779C4 #C48179 #97C479

split-complementary

#79BCC4 #C47997 #C4A779

monochromatic

#3B7F87 #4FA7B1 #79BCC4 #A3D1D7 #CEE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#79BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#79BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCC4

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCC4	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.069 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0d5',
    500: '#79bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcc4;
$custom-light: #a3d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.4,
    "s": 38.86,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75336,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCC4

secondary

#DAC2BF

accent

#4134B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCC4

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

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