#79C5CE#79C5CE

#79C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.076 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C5CE
RGB	rgb(121, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -21.20, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 24.31, 209.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.069 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.076 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9879, 48.4509, 65.6780)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C5CE #CE8279

analogous

#79CEAD #79C5CE #799BCE

triadic

#79C5CE #CE79C5 #C5CE79

tetradic

#79C5CE #AD79CE #CE8279 #9BCE79

square

#79C5CE #AD79CE #CE8279 #9BCE79

split-complementary

#79C5CE #CE799B #CEAD79

monochromatic

#378C96 #4CB2BE #79C5CE #A6D8DE #D3ECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#79C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C5CE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C5CE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.076 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6dd',
    500: '#79c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c5ce;
$custom-light: #a4d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.353,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77732,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C5CE

secondary

#E0C6C3

accent

#3B2CBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C5CE

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

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