#79C8A9#79C8A9

#79C8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.091 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8A9
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(156, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -31.38, 7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 32.36, 165.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0884 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.091 167)
XYZ	xyz(35.6981, 48.2357, 44.9578)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8A9 #C87998

analogous

#79C881 #79C8A9 #79BFC8

triadic

#79C8A9 #A979C8 #C8A979

tetradic

#79C8A9 #8179C8 #C87998 #BFC879

square

#79C8A9 #8179C8 #C87998 #BFC879

split-complementary

#79C8A9 #C879BF #C88179

monochromatic

#3A8D6C #4EB68D #79C8A9 #A4DAC5 #D0ECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#79C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8A9

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8A9	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.091 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9c2',
    500: '#79c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8a9;
$custom-light: #a3d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.456,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77292,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.48238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8A9

secondary

#DDC0CB

accent

#3165B5

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F4FAF7

border

#CED3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8A9

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

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