#79BDBA#79BDBA

#79BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.069 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDBA
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(177, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -22.12, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 22.74, 193.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0675 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.069 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9425, 44.0030, 53.0970)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDBA #BD797C

analogous

#79BD98 #79BDBA #799EBD

triadic

#79BDBA #BA79BD #BDBA79

tetradic

#79BDBA #9879BD #BD797C #9EBD79

square

#79BDBA #9879BD #BD797C #9EBD79

split-complementary

#79BDBA #BD799E #BD9879

monochromatic

#3E7E7B #52A7A3 #79BDBA #A2D1CF #CBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#79BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#79BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDBA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDBA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.069 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1ce',
    500: '#79bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdba;
$custom-light: #a3d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75233,
    "c": 0.06908,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDBA

secondary

#D6BCBD

accent

#393EAD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDBA

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

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