#79C5CD#79C5CD

#79C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.076 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C5CD
RGB	rgb(121, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -21.46, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 24.30, 208.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0694 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.076 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8668, 48.4024, 65.0403)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C5CD #CD8179

analogous

#79CDAB #79C5CD #799BCD

triadic

#79C5CD #CD79C5 #C5CD79

tetradic

#79C5CD #AB79CD #CD8179 #9BCD79

square

#79C5CD #AB79CD #CD8179 #9BCD79

split-complementary

#79C5CD #CD799B #CDAB79

monochromatic

#378B94 #4CB2BC #79C5CD #A6D8DE #D2ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#79C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C5CD

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C5CD	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.076 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6dc',
    500: '#79c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c5cd;
$custom-light: #a4d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77697,
    "c": 0.07615,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C5CD

secondary

#E0C5C2

accent

#3A2DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C5CD

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

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