#79BDC3#79BDC3

#79BDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.069 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDC3
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -19.91, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 22.20, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0638 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.069 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9295, 44.3979, 58.2955)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDC3 #C37F79

analogous

#79C3A4 #79BDC3 #7998C3

triadic

#79BDC3 #C379BD #BDC379

tetradic

#79BDC3 #A479C3 #C37F79 #98C379

square

#79BDC3 #A479C3 #C37F79 #98C379

split-complementary

#79BDC3 #C37998 #C3A479

monochromatic

#3C8086 #4FA8B0 #79BDC3 #A3D2D6 #CEE7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#79BDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDC3

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDC3	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B7C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.069 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d5',
    500: '#79bdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdc3;
$custom-light: #a3d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 38.144,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7553,
    "c": 0.06925,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDC3

secondary

#DAC0BE

accent

#3F34B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDC3

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

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