#79BECB#79BECB

#79BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.072 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BECB
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -18.40, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 22.76, 216.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0618 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.072 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0742, 45.2011, 63.2594)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BECB #CB8679

analogous

#79CBAF #79BECB #7995CB

triadic

#79BECB #CB79BE #BECB79

tetradic

#79BECB #AF79CB #CB8679 #95CB79

square

#79BECB #AF79CB #CB8679 #95CB79

split-complementary

#79BECB #CB7995 #CBAF79

monochromatic

#388391 #4DA9BA #79BECB #A5D3DC #D1E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#79BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BECB

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BECB	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.072 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1da',
    500: '#79becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79becb;
$custom-light: #a3d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.512,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.07192,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BECB

secondary

#DEC6C1

accent

#442EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BECB

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

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