#79C8A6#79C8A6

#79C8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.093 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8A6
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(154, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(154, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -32.02, 9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 33.38, 163.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0897 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.093 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4197, 48.1244, 43.4915)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8A6 #C8799B

analogous

#79C87E #79C8A6 #79C3C8

triadic

#79C8A6 #A679C8 #C8A679

tetradic

#79C8A6 #7E79C8 #C8799B #C3C879

square

#79C8A6 #7E79C8 #C8799B #C3C879

split-complementary

#79C8A6 #C879C3 #C87E79

monochromatic

#3A8D69 #4EB689 #79C8A6 #A4DAC3 #D0ECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#79C8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#79C8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8A6

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8A6	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.093 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9c0',
    500: '#79c8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8a6;
$custom-light: #a3d9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.177,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77212,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8A6

secondary

#DDC0CC

accent

#316AB5

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F4FAF7

border

#CED3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8A6

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

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