#79C8A2#79C8A2

#79C8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.096 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79C8A2
RGBrgb(121, 200, 162)
HSLhsl(151, 42%, 63%)
HSVhsv(151, 40%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(39.5%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.81, -32.85, 11.46)
CIE-LCHlch(74.81, 34.79, 160.77°)
OKLaboklab(77.11% -0.0915 0.0295)
OKLCHoklch(77.11% 0.096 162.1)
XYZxyz(35.0585, 47.9799, 41.5891)
Luminance0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79C8A2 #C8799F
analogous
#79C87A #79C8A2 #79C7C8
triadic
#79C8A2 #A279C8 #C8A279
tetradic
#79C8A2 #7A79C8 #C8799F #C7C879
square
#79C8A2 #7A79C8 #C8799F #C7C879
split-complementary
#79C8A2 #C879C7 #C87A79
monochromatic
#3A8D65 #4EB684 #79C8A2 #A4DAC0 #D0ECDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#79C8A2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60
#79C8A2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8A2
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79C8A2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79C8A21.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6BDA0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9B4A4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#65C8BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.096 162.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9bd',
    500: '#79c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79c8a2;
$custom-light: #a3d9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.139,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77109,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79C8A2
secondary
#DDC0CE
accent
#3170B5
background
#FAFDFB
surface
#F4FAF6
border
#CED3D0
text
#0F1412
muted
#7F8381

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#79C8A2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva