#79BEC0#79BEC0

#79BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.070 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEC0
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -21.16, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 22.59, 200.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0662 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.07 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8096, 44.6952, 56.5990)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEC0 #C07B79

analogous

#79C09F #79BEC0 #799BC0

triadic

#79BEC0 #C079BE #BEC079

tetradic

#79BEC0 #9F79C0 #C07B79 #9BC079

square

#79BEC0 #9F79C0 #C07B79 #9BC079

split-complementary

#79BEC0 #C0799B #C09F79

monochromatic

#3D8082 #51A9AB #79BEC0 #A3D2D4 #CCE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#79BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEC0

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEC0	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.070 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d3',
    500: '#79bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bec0;
$custom-light: #a3d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.0697,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEC0

secondary

#D8BEBD

accent

#3A37AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEC0

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

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