#79C5BF#79C5BF

#79C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.076 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C5BF
RGB	rgb(121, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 40%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(175, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -24.91, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 25.30, 190.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0752 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.076 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2519, 47.7565, 56.5351)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C5BF #C5797F

analogous

#79C599 #79C5BF #79A5C5

triadic

#79C5BF #BF79C5 #C5BF79

tetradic

#79C5BF #9979C5 #C5797F #A5C579

square

#79C5BF #9979C5 #C5797F #A5C579

split-complementary

#79C5BF #C579A5 #C59979

monochromatic

#3B8982 #4EB3AB #79C5BF #A4D7D3 #CEEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#79C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#79C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C5BF

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C5BF	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.076 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6d2',
    500: '#79c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c5bf;
$custom-light: #a3d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.263,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77236,
    "c": 0.07618,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C5BF

secondary

#DBBFC1

accent

#333DB3

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C5BF

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

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