#79BEBE#79BEBE

#79BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.070 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEBE
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -21.65, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 22.72, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0671 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.07 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5895, 44.6072, 55.4399)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEBE #BE7979

analogous

#79BE9B #79BEBE #799BBE

triadic

#79BEBE #BE79BE #BEBE79

tetradic

#79BEBE #9B79BE #BE7979 #9BBE79

square

#79BEBE #9B79BE #BE7979 #9BBE79

split-complementary

#79BEBE #BE799B #BE9B79

monochromatic

#3E7F7F #52A8A8 #79BEBE #A2D2D2 #CBE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#79BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEBE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEBE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.070 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d1',
    500: '#79bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bebe;
$custom-light: #a3d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75592,
    "c": 0.0697,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEBE

secondary

#D6BCBC

accent

#3838AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEBE

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

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