#79BDBD#79BDBD

#79BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.069 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDBD
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -21.39, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 22.45, 197.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0663 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.069 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2647, 44.1320, 54.7943)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDBD #BD7979

analogous

#79BD9B #79BDBD #799BBD

triadic

#79BDBD #BD79BD #BDBD79

tetradic

#79BDBD #9B79BD #BD7979 #9BBD79

square

#79BDBD #9B79BD #BD7979 #9BBD79

split-complementary

#79BDBD #BD799B #BD9B79

monochromatic

#3E7E7E #52A7A7 #79BDBD #A2D1D1 #CBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#79BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#79BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDBD

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDBD	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.069 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d0',
    500: '#79bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdbd;
$custom-light: #a3d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7533,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDBD

secondary

#D6BCBC

accent

#3939AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDBD

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

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