#79C8B2#79C8B2

#79C8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.085 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8B2
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(163, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(163, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -29.40, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 29.60, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0844 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.085 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5722, 48.5854, 49.5616)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8B2 #C8798F

analogous

#79C88A #79C8B2 #79B6C8

triadic

#79C8B2 #B279C8 #C8B279

tetradic

#79C8B2 #8A79C8 #C8798F #B6C879

square

#79C8B2 #8A79C8 #C8798F #B6C879

split-complementary

#79C8B2 #C879B6 #C88A79

monochromatic

#3A8D76 #4EB699 #79C8B2 #A4DACB #D0ECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#79C8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8B2

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8B2	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.085 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9c9',
    500: '#79c8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8b2;
$custom-light: #a3d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.291,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77542,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8B2

secondary

#DDC0C8

accent

#3155B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8B2

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

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