#79BEBD#79BEBD

#79BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.070 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEBD
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -21.90, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 22.81, 196.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0675 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.07 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4806, 44.5636, 54.8663)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEBD #BE797A

analogous

#79BE9A #79BEBD #799CBE

triadic

#79BEBD #BD79BE #BEBD79

tetradic

#79BEBD #9A79BE #BE797A #9CBE79

square

#79BEBD #9A79BE #BE797A #9CBE79

split-complementary

#79BEBD #BE799C #BE9A79

monochromatic

#3E7F7E #52A8A7 #79BEBD #A2D2D1 #CBE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#79BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEBD

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEBD	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.070 194.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7556,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEBD

secondary

#D6BCBD

accent

#383AAE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEBD

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