#79BDAE#79BDAE

#79BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.073 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDAE
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -24.93, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 24.94, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0726 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.073 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7200, 43.5140, 46.6584)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDAE #BD7988

analogous

#79BD8C #79BDAE #79AABD

triadic

#79BDAE #AE79BD #BDAE79

tetradic

#79BDAE #8C79BD #BD7988 #AABD79

square

#79BDAE #8C79BD #BD7988 #AABD79

split-complementary

#79BDAE #BD79AA #BD8C79

monochromatic

#3E7E70 #52A794 #79BDAE #A2D1C7 #CBE5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#79BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDAE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDAE	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#B8B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.073 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c6',
    500: '#79bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdae;
$custom-light: #a2d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74861,
    "c": 0.07266,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDAE

secondary

#D6BCC2

accent

#3952AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDAE

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

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