#79C2CA#79C2CA

#79C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.074 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2CA
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -20.70, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 23.53, 208.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.067 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.074 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8337, 46.9101, 62.9266)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2CA #CA8179

analogous

#79CAA9 #79C2CA #7999CA

triadic

#79C2CA #CA79C2 #C2CA79

tetradic

#79C2CA #A979CA #CA8179 #99CA79

square

#79C2CA #A979CA #CA8179 #99CA79

split-complementary

#79C2CA #CA7999 #CAA979

monochromatic

#398790 #4DAEB9 #79C2CA #A5D6DB #D1EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#79C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#79C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2CA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2CA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.074 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d4da',
    500: '#79c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2ca;
$custom-light: #a4d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.926,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76911,
    "c": 0.07373,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2CA

secondary

#DEC4C1

accent

#3C2FB6

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2CA

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

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