#79BEBF#79BEBF

#79BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.070 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEBF
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -21.41, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 22.65, 199.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0667 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.07 197)
XYZ	xyz(35.6992, 44.6511, 56.0175)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEBF #BF7A79

analogous

#79BF9D #79BEBF #799BBF

triadic

#79BEBF #BF79BE #BEBF79

tetradic

#79BEBF #9D79BF #BF7A79 #9BBF79

square

#79BEBF #9D79BF #BF7A79 #9BBF79

split-complementary

#79BEBF #BF799B #BF9D79

monochromatic

#3D7F80 #51A8AA #79BEBF #A2D2D3 #CCE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#79BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEBF

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEBF	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.070 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d2',
    500: '#79bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bebf;
$custom-light: #a3d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75625,
    "c": 0.06969,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEBF

secondary

#D7BDBD

accent

#3937AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEBF

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

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