#79BEC5#79BEC5

#79BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.070 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEC5
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -19.92, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 22.47, 207.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0642 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.07 204)
XYZ	xyz(36.3730, 44.9206, 59.5664)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEC5 #C58079

analogous

#79C5A6 #79BEC5 #7998C5

triadic

#79BEC5 #C579BE #BEC579

tetradic

#79BEC5 #A679C5 #C58079 #98C579

square

#79BEC5 #A679C5 #C58079 #98C579

split-complementary

#79BEC5 #C57998 #C5A679

monochromatic

#3B8189 #4EA9B3 #79BEC5 #A4D3D7 #CEE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#79BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEC5

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEC5	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	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)

#B4B8C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.070 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d6',
    500: '#79bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bec5;
$custom-light: #a3d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75827,
    "c": 0.07026,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.44923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEC5

secondary

#DBC2BF

accent

#3F33B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEC5

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

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