#79C4CD#79C4CD

#79C4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.076 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4CD
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -20.95, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 24.06, 209.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0682 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.076 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6405, 47.9498, 64.9648)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4CD #CD8279

analogous

#79CDAC #79C4CD #799ACD

triadic

#79C4CD #CD79C4 #C4CD79

tetradic

#79C4CD #AC79CD #CD8279 #9ACD79

square

#79C4CD #AC79CD #CD8279 #9ACD79

split-complementary

#79C4CD #CD799A #CDAC79

monochromatic

#378A94 #4CB0BC #79C4CD #A6D8DE #D2EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#79C4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#79C4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4CD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4CD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.076 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6dc',
    500: '#79c4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4cd;
$custom-light: #a4d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77469,
    "c": 0.07556,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4CD

secondary

#E0C5C2

accent

#3C2DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4CD

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

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