#79BDAF#79BDAF

#79BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.072 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDAF
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(168, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -24.70, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 24.70, 179.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0722 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.072 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8178, 43.5532, 47.1738)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDAF #BD7987

analogous

#79BD8D #79BDAF #79A9BD

triadic

#79BDAF #AF79BD #BDAF79

tetradic

#79BDAF #8D79BD #BD7987 #A9BD79

square

#79BDAF #8D79BD #BD7987 #A9BD79

split-complementary

#79BDAF #BD79A9 #BD8D79

monochromatic

#3E7E71 #52A795 #79BDAF #A2D1C7 #CBE5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#79BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDAF

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDAF	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.072 179.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74891,
    "c": 0.0722,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDAF

secondary

#D6BCC1

accent

#3951AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDAF

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

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