#79C8AE#79C8AE

#79C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.087 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8AE
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(160, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -30.29, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 30.77, 169.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0862 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.087 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1765, 48.4271, 47.4773)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8AE #C87993

analogous

#79C886 #79C8AE #79BAC8

triadic

#79C8AE #AE79C8 #C8AE79

tetradic

#79C8AE #8679C8 #C87993 #BAC879

square

#79C8AE #8679C8 #C87993 #BAC879

split-complementary

#79C8AE #C879BA #C88679

monochromatic

#3A8D71 #4EB694 #79C8AE #A4DAC8 #D0ECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#79C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8AE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8AE	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#C4BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.087 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9c6',
    500: '#79c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ae;
$custom-light: #a3d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.253,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8AE

secondary

#DDC0CA

accent

#315CB5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8AE

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

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