#79BDA2#79BDA2

#79BDA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.080 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDA2
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(156, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(156, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -27.58, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 28.43, 165.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0779 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.08 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6019, 43.0668, 40.7703)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDA2 #BD7994

analogous

#79BD80 #79BDA2 #79B6BD

triadic

#79BDA2 #A279BD #BDA279

tetradic

#79BDA2 #8079BD #BD7994 #B6BD79

square

#79BDA2 #8079BD #BD7994 #B6BD79

split-complementary

#79BDA2 #BD79B6 #BD8079

monochromatic

#3E7E64 #52A785 #79BDA2 #A2D1BE #CBE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#79BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#79BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDA2

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDA2	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.080 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1bd',
    500: '#79bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bda2;
$custom-light: #a2d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.176,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDA2

secondary

#D6BCC6

accent

#3967AD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDA2

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

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