#79C3CD#79C3CD

#79C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.075 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C3CD
RGB	rgb(121, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -20.44, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 23.84, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.067 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.075 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4157, 47.5002, 64.8899)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C3CD #CD8379

analogous

#79CDAD #79C3CD #7999CD

triadic

#79C3CD #CD79C3 #C3CD79

tetradic

#79C3CD #AD79CD #CD8379 #99CD79

square

#79C3CD #AD79CD #CD8379 #99CD79

split-complementary

#79C3CD #CD7999 #CDAD79

monochromatic

#378994 #4CAFBC #79C3CD #A6D7DE #D2EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#79C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#79C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C3CD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C3CD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.075 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5dc',
    500: '#79c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c3cd;
$custom-light: #a4d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77242,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C3CD

secondary

#E0C6C2

accent

#3D2DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C3CD

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

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