#79BEC3#79BEC3

#79BEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.070 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEC3
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -20.42, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 22.48, 204.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.065 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.07 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1454, 44.8296, 58.3675)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEC3 #C37E79

analogous

#79C3A3 #79BEC3 #7999C3

triadic

#79BEC3 #C379BE #BEC379

tetradic

#79BEC3 #A379C3 #C37E79 #99C379

square

#79BEC3 #A379C3 #C37E79 #99C379

split-complementary

#79BEC3 #C37999 #C3A379

monochromatic

#3C8186 #4FA9B0 #79BEC3 #A3D3D6 #CEE7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#79BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEC3

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEC3	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.070 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d5',
    500: '#79bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bec3;
$custom-light: #a3d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 38.144,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75759,
    "c": 0.06994,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEC3

secondary

#DAC0BE

accent

#3D34B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEC3

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

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