#79C0AA#79C0AA

#79C0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.079 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C0AA
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 170)
HSL	hsl(161, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(161, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -27.31, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 27.61, 171.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0781 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.079 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9878, 44.6644, 44.8526)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C0AA #C0798F

analogous

#79C087 #79C0AA #79B3C0

triadic

#79C0AA #AA79C0 #C0AA79

tetradic

#79C0AA #8779C0 #C0798F #B3C079

square

#79C0AA #8779C0 #C0798F #B3C079

split-complementary

#79C0AA #C079B3 #C08779

monochromatic

#3D826C #51AB8F #79C0AA #A3D4C4 #CCE7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79C0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#79C0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C0AA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C0AA	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.079 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3c3',
    500: '#79c0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c0aa;
$custom-light: #a2d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.408,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75444,
    "c": 0.07879,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C0AA

secondary

#D8BDC5

accent

#375CAF

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C0AA

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

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