#79BDA8#79BDA8

#79BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.076 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDA8
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(161, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -26.28, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 26.55, 171.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0752 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.076 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1481, 43.2853, 43.6464)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDA8 #BD798E

analogous

#79BD86 #79BDA8 #79B0BD

triadic

#79BDA8 #A879BD #BDA879

tetradic

#79BDA8 #8679BD #BD798E #B0BD79

square

#79BDA8 #8679BD #BD798E #B0BD79

split-complementary

#79BDA8 #BD79B0 #BD8679

monochromatic

#3E7E6A #52A78D #79BDA8 #A2D1C3 #CBE5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#79BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#79BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDA8

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDA8	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.076 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c1',
    500: '#79bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bda8;
$custom-light: #a2d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.471,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.07588,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDA8

secondary

#D6BCC4

accent

#395DAD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDA8

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

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