#79C5CC#79C5CC

#79C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.076 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C5CC
RGB	rgb(121, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -21.71, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 24.30, 206.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0698 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.076 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7465, 48.3543, 64.4066)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C5CC #CC8079

analogous

#79CCA9 #79C5CC #799BCC

triadic

#79C5CC #CC79C5 #C5CC79

tetradic

#79C5CC #A979CC #CC8079 #9BCC79

square

#79C5CC #A979CC #CC8079 #9BCC79

split-complementary

#79C5CC #CC799B #CCA979

monochromatic

#388B93 #4DB2BB #79C5CC #A5D8DD #D2EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#79C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C5CC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C5CC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.076 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6db',
    500: '#79c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c5cc;
$custom-light: #a4d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.06,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77663,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C5CC

secondary

#DFC4C2

accent

#392DB8

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C5CC

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

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