#79BDAB#79BDAB

#79BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.074 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDAB
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(164, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(164, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -25.61, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 25.71, 174.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0739 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.074 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4308, 43.3984, 45.1353)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDAB #BD798B

analogous

#79BD89 #79BDAB #79ADBD

triadic

#79BDAB #AB79BD #BDAB79

tetradic

#79BDAB #8979BD #BD798B #ADBD79

square

#79BDAB #8979BD #BD798B #ADBD79

split-complementary

#79BDAB #BD79AD #BD8979

monochromatic

#3E7E6D #52A790 #79BDAB #A2D1C5 #CBE5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#79BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#79BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDAB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDAB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.074 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c4',
    500: '#79bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdab;
$custom-light: #a2d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDAB

secondary

#D6BCC3

accent

#3957AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDAB

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

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