#79BDAA#79BDAA

#79BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.075 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDAA
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(163, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(163, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -25.83, 2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 25.99, 173.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0744 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.075 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3358, 43.3604, 44.6352)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDAA #BD798C

analogous

#79BD88 #79BDAA #79AEBD

triadic

#79BDAA #AA79BD #BDAA79

tetradic

#79BDAA #8879BD #BD798C #AEBD79

square

#79BDAA #8879BD #BD798C #AEBD79

split-complementary

#79BDAA #BD79AE #BD8879

monochromatic

#3E7E6C #52A78F #79BDAA #A2D1C4 #CBE5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#79BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#79BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDAA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDAA	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.075 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c3',
    500: '#79bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdaa;
$custom-light: #a2d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.235,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74743,
    "c": 0.07471,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDAA

secondary

#D6BCC3

accent

#3959AD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDAA

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

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