#79BDCA#79BDCA

#79BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.071 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDCA
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -18.14, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 22.51, 216.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.061 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.071 211)
XYZ	xyz(36.7396, 44.7219, 62.5619)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDCA #CA8679

analogous

#79CAAE #79BDCA #7994CA

triadic

#79BDCA #CA79BD #BDCA79

tetradic

#79BDCA #AE79CA #CA8679 #94CA79

square

#79BDCA #AE79CA #CA8679 #94CA79

split-complementary

#79BDCA #CA7994 #CAAE79

monochromatic

#398290 #4DA7B9 #79BDCA #A5D3DB #D1E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#79BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDCA

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDCA	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.071 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1da',
    500: '#79bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdca;
$custom-light: #a3d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.63,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.07111,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.44724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDCA

secondary

#DEC6C1

accent

#452FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDCA

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

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