#79BD9E#79BD9E

#79BD9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.083 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BD9E
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 158)
HSL	hsl(153, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(153, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -28.43, 8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 29.80, 162.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0797 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.083 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2520, 42.9269, 38.9274)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BD9E #BD7998

analogous

#79BD7C #79BD9E #79BABD

triadic

#79BD9E #9E79BD #BD9E79

tetradic

#79BD9E #7C79BD #BD7998 #BABD79

square

#79BD9E #7C79BD #BD7998 #BABD79

split-complementary

#79BD9E #BD79BA #BD7C79

monochromatic

#3E7E61 #52A780 #79BD9E #A2D1BC #CBE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#79BD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#79BD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BD9E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BD9E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.083 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1ba',
    500: '#79bd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bd9e;
$custom-light: #a2d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.647,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.08293,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BD9E

secondary

#D6BCC8

accent

#396EAD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BD9E

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

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