#79C0BC#79C0BC

#79C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.072 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C0BC
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(177, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -23.14, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 23.69, 192.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0704 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.072 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8086, 45.3927, 54.4420)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C0BC #C0797D

analogous

#79C099 #79C0BC #79A1C0

triadic

#79C0BC #BC79C0 #C0BC79

tetradic

#79C0BC #9979C0 #C0797D #A1C079

square

#79C0BC #9979C0 #C0797D #A1C079

split-complementary

#79C0BC #C079A1 #C09979

monochromatic

#3D827E #51ABA6 #79C0BC #A3D4D1 #CCE7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#79C0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#79C0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C0BC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C0BC	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.072 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d3d0',
    500: '#79c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c0bc;
$custom-light: #a3d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.07173,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C0BC

secondary

#D8BDBF

accent

#373DAF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C0BC

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

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