#79BEC9#79BEC9

#79BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.071 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEC9
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -18.91, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 22.61, 213.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0626 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.071 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8374, 45.1064, 62.0123)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEC9 #C98479

analogous

#79C9AC #79BEC9 #7996C9

triadic

#79BEC9 #C979BE #BEC979

tetradic

#79BEC9 #AC79C9 #C98479 #96C979

square

#79BEC9 #AC79C9 #C98479 #96C979

split-complementary

#79BEC9 #C97996 #C9AC79

monochromatic

#39838E #4DA9B7 #79BEC9 #A5D3DB #D0E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#79BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEC9

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEC9	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.071 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1d9',
    500: '#79bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bec9;
$custom-light: #a3d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.25,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEC9

secondary

#DDC5C1

accent

#4230B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEC9

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

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