#79C8BA#79C8BA

#79C8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.081 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8BA
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(169, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -27.57, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 27.58, 181.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0809 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.081 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3990, 48.9161, 53.9159)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8BA #C87987

analogous

#79C892 #79C8BA #79AEC8

triadic

#79C8BA #BA79C8 #C8BA79

tetradic

#79C8BA #9279C8 #C87987 #AEC879

square

#79C8BA #9279C8 #C87987 #AEC879

split-complementary

#79C8BA #C879AE #C89279

monochromatic

#3A8D7E #4EB6A4 #79C8BA #A4DAD0 #D0ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#79C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#79C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8BA

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8BA	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.081 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9ce',
    500: '#79c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ba;
$custom-light: #a3d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.367,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77776,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8BA

secondary

#DDC0C5

accent

#3148B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8BA

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

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