#79BEBC#79BEBC

#79BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.070 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEBC
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(178, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -22.14, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 22.91, 194.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0679 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.07 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3724, 44.5204, 54.2966)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEBC #BE797B

analogous

#79BE99 #79BEBC #799DBE

triadic

#79BEBC #BC79BE #BEBC79

tetradic

#79BEBC #9979BE #BE797B #9DBE79

square

#79BEBC #9979BE #BE797B #9DBE79

split-complementary

#79BEBC #BE799D #BE9979

monochromatic

#3E7F7D #52A8A6 #79BEBC #A2D2D1 #CBE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#79BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEBC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEBC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.070 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d0',
    500: '#79bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bebc;
$custom-light: #a3d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.06982,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEBC

secondary

#D6BCBD

accent

#383BAE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEBC

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

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