#79BDAD#79BDAD

#79BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.073 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDAD
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(166, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -25.16, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 25.19, 177.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0731 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.073 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6228, 43.4752, 46.1469)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDAD #BD7989

analogous

#79BD8B #79BDAD #79ABBD

triadic

#79BDAD #AD79BD #BDAD79

tetradic

#79BDAD #8B79BD #BD7989 #ABBD79

square

#79BDAD #8B79BD #BD7989 #ABBD79

split-complementary

#79BDAD #BD79AB #BD8B79

monochromatic

#3E7E6F #52A793 #79BDAD #A2D1C6 #CBE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#79BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#79BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDAD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDAD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.073 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c5',
    500: '#79bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdad;
$custom-light: #a2d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74831,
    "c": 0.07313,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDAD

secondary

#D6BCC2

accent

#3954AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDAD

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

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