#79BDC2#79BDC2

#79BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.069 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDC2
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -20.16, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 22.21, 204.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0642 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.069 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8168, 44.3528, 57.7021)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDC2 #C27E79

analogous

#79C2A3 #79BDC2 #7999C2

triadic

#79BDC2 #C279BD #BDC279

tetradic

#79BDC2 #A379C2 #C27E79 #99C279

square

#79BDC2 #A379C2 #C27E79 #99C279

split-complementary

#79BDC2 #C27999 #C2A379

monochromatic

#3C7F84 #4FA8AE #79BDC2 #A3D2D5 #CDE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#79BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDC2

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDC2	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.069 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d4',
    500: '#79bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdc2;
$custom-light: #a3d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75496,
    "c": 0.06911,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDC2

secondary

#D9C0BE

accent

#3E35B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDC2

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

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