#79BEAE#79BEAE

#79BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.074 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEAE
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(166, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -25.43, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 25.45, 177.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0739 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.074 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9358, 43.9457, 46.7304)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEAE #BE7989

analogous

#79BE8B #79BEAE #79ABBE

triadic

#79BEAE #AE79BE #BEAE79

tetradic

#79BEAE #8B79BE #BE7989 #ABBE79

square

#79BEAE #8B79BE #BE7989 #ABBE79

split-complementary

#79BEAE #BE79AB #BE8B79

monochromatic

#3E7F70 #52A894 #79BEAE #A2D2C7 #CBE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#79BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEAE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEAE	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.074 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2c6',
    500: '#79beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79beae;
$custom-light: #a2d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.087,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75093,
    "c": 0.07393,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEAE

secondary

#D6BCC2

accent

#3853AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEAE

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

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