#79BDA5#79BDA5

#79BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.078 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDA5
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(159, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -26.94, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 27.46, 168.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0766 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.078 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8718, 43.1748, 42.1915)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDA5 #BD7991

analogous

#79BD83 #79BDA5 #79B3BD

triadic

#79BDA5 #A579BD #BDA579

tetradic

#79BDA5 #8379BD #BD7991 #B3BD79

square

#79BDA5 #8379BD #BD7991 #B3BD79

split-complementary

#79BDA5 #BD79B3 #BD8379

monochromatic

#3E7E67 #52A789 #79BDA5 #A2D1C1 #CBE5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#79BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#79BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDA5

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDA5	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.078 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1bf',
    500: '#79bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bda5;
$custom-light: #a2d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74601,
    "c": 0.07779,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDA5

secondary

#D6BCC5

accent

#3962AD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDA5

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

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