#79C8A8#79C8A8

#79C8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.091 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8A8
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(156, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -31.59, 8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 32.70, 165.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0888 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.091 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6046, 48.1983, 44.4653)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8A8 #C87999

analogous

#79C880 #79C8A8 #79C1C8

triadic

#79C8A8 #A879C8 #C8A879

tetradic

#79C8A8 #8079C8 #C87999 #C1C879

square

#79C8A8 #8079C8 #C87999 #C1C879

split-complementary

#79C8A8 #C879C1 #C88079

monochromatic

#3A8D6B #4EB68C #79C8A8 #A4DAC4 #D0ECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#79C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8A8

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8A8	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.091 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9c1',
    500: '#79c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8a8;
$custom-light: #a3d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.696,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77265,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8A8

secondary

#DDC0CC

accent

#3166B5

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F4FAF7

border

#CED3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8A8

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

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