#79C3CC#79C3CC

#79C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.075 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C3CC
RGB	rgb(121, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -20.70, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 23.81, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0674 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.075 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2953, 47.4521, 64.2562)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C3CC #CC8279

analogous

#79CCAB #79C3CC #7999CC

triadic

#79C3CC #CC79C3 #C3CC79

tetradic

#79C3CC #AB79CC #CC8279 #99CC79

square

#79C3CC #AB79CC #CC8279 #99CC79

split-complementary

#79C3CC #CC7999 #CCAB79

monochromatic

#388993 #4DAFBB #79C3CC #A5D7DD #D2EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#79C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#79C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C3CC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C3CC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.075 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5db',
    500: '#79c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c3cc;
$custom-light: #a4d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.506,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77207,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C3CC

secondary

#DFC5C2

accent

#3C2DB8

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C3CC

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

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