#79C0BF#79C0BF

#79C0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.071 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C0BF
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -22.42, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 23.35, 196.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0691 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.071 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1353, 45.5234, 56.1629)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C0BF #C0797A

analogous

#79C09C #79C0BF #799EC0

triadic

#79C0BF #BF79C0 #C0BF79

tetradic

#79C0BF #9C79C0 #C0797A #9EC079

square

#79C0BF #9C79C0 #C0797A #9EC079

split-complementary

#79C0BF #C0799E #C09C79

monochromatic

#3D8281 #51ABAA #79C0BF #A3D4D3 #CCE7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#79C0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#79C0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C0BF

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C0BF	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.071 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d3d2',
    500: '#79c0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c0bf;
$custom-light: #a3d3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76085,
    "c": 0.07142,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C0BF

secondary

#D8BDBE

accent

#3738AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C0BF

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

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