#79C8AF#79C8AF

#79C8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.087 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8AF
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 175)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 12.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -30.07, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 30.47, 170.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0857 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.087 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2743, 48.4662, 47.9926)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8AF #C87992

analogous

#79C887 #79C8AF #79B9C8

triadic

#79C8AF #AF79C8 #C8AF79

tetradic

#79C8AF #8779C8 #C87992 #B9C879

square

#79C8AF #8779C8 #C87992 #B9C879

split-complementary

#79C8AF #C879B9 #C88779

monochromatic

#3A8D73 #4EB695 #79C8AF #A4DAC9 #D0ECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#79C8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8AF

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8AF	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#C4BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.087 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9c6',
    500: '#79c8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8af;
$custom-light: #a3d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.013,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77457,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8AF

secondary

#DDC0C9

accent

#315AB5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8AF

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

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