#79BFBE#79BFBE

#79BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.071 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFBE
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -22.16, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 23.08, 196.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0683 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.071 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8068, 45.0419, 55.5124)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFBE #BF797A

analogous

#79BF9B #79BFBE #799DBF

triadic

#79BFBE #BE79BF #BFBE79

tetradic

#79BFBE #9B79BF #BF797A #9DBF79

square

#79BFBE #9B79BF #BF797A #9DBF79

split-complementary

#79BFBE #BF799D #BF9B79

monochromatic

#3D807F #51AAA8 #79BFBE #A2D3D2 #CCE7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#79BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFBE

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFBE	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.071 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2d1',
    500: '#79bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfbe;
$custom-light: #a3d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.07058,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFBE

secondary

#D7BDBD

accent

#3739AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFBE

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

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