#79BDBF#79BDBF

#79BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.069 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDBF
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -20.90, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 22.32, 200.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0654 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.069 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4833, 44.2194, 55.9455)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDBF #BF7B79

analogous

#79BF9E #79BDBF #799ABF

triadic

#79BDBF #BF79BD #BDBF79

tetradic

#79BDBF #9E79BF #BF7B79 #9ABF79

square

#79BDBF #9E79BF #BF7B79 #9ABF79

split-complementary

#79BDBF #BF799A #BF9E79

monochromatic

#3D7E80 #51A7AA #79BDBF #A2D1D3 #CCE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#79BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDBF

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDBF	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.069 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d2',
    500: '#79bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdbf;
$custom-light: #a3d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75396,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDBF

secondary

#D7BEBD

accent

#3B37AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDBF

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