#79BFAE#79BFAE

#79BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.075 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFAE
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(165, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -25.92, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 25.97, 176.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0751 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.075 177)
XYZ	xyz(34.1531, 44.3804, 46.8028)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFAE #BF798A

analogous

#79BF8B #79BFAE #79ADBF

triadic

#79BFAE #AE79BF #BFAE79

tetradic

#79BFAE #8B79BF #BF798A #ADBF79

square

#79BFAE #8B79BF #BF798A #ADBF79

split-complementary

#79BFAE #BF79AD #BF8B79

monochromatic

#3D8070 #51AA94 #79BFAE #A2D3C7 #CCE7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#79BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFAE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFAE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.075 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2c6',
    500: '#79bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfae;
$custom-light: #a2d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.429,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.07522,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.44383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFAE

secondary

#D7BDC3

accent

#3754AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFAE

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

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