#79BDB2#79BDB2

#79BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.071 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDB2
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(170, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -24.01, -1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 24.04, 183.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0709 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.071 183)
XYZ	xyz(34.1157, 43.6723, 48.7428)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDB2 #BD7984

analogous

#79BD90 #79BDB2 #79A6BD

triadic

#79BDB2 #B279BD #BDB279

tetradic

#79BDB2 #9079BD #BD7984 #A6BD79

square

#79BDB2 #9079BD #BD7984 #A6BD79

split-complementary

#79BDB2 #BD79A6 #BD9079

monochromatic

#3E7E73 #52A799 #79BDB2 #A2D1CA #CBE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#79BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDB2

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDB2	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.071 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c9',
    500: '#79bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdb2;
$custom-light: #a2d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.294,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74981,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.43674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDB2

secondary

#D6BCC0

accent

#394BAD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDB2

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

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