#79BEC4#79BEC4

#79BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.070 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEC4
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -20.17, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 22.47, 206.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0646 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.07 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2588, 44.8749, 58.9649)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEC4 #C47F79

analogous

#79C4A5 #79BEC4 #7999C4

triadic

#79BEC4 #C479BE #BEC479

tetradic

#79BEC4 #A579C4 #C47F79 #99C479

square

#79BEC4 #A579C4 #C47F79 #99C479

split-complementary

#79BEC4 #C47999 #C4A579

monochromatic

#3B8187 #4FA9B1 #79BEC4 #A3D3D7 #CEE7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#79BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEC4

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEC4	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.070 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d5',
    500: '#79bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bec4;
$custom-light: #a3d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 38.86,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.07008,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEC4

secondary

#DAC1BF

accent

#3E34B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEC4

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

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