#79C8BB#79C8BB

#79C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.081 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8BB
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(170, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -27.34, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 27.36, 182.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0805 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.081 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5057, 48.9587, 54.4777)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8BB #C87986

analogous

#79C894 #79C8BB #79ADC8

triadic

#79C8BB #BB79C8 #C8BB79

tetradic

#79C8BB #9479C8 #C87986 #ADC879

square

#79C8BB #9479C8 #C87986 #ADC879

split-complementary

#79C8BB #C879AD #C89479

monochromatic

#3A8D7F #4EB6A5 #79C8BB #A4DAD1 #D0ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#79C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#79C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8BB

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8BB	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.081 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9cf',
    500: '#79c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8bb;
$custom-light: #a3d9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.127,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77806,
    "c": 0.08059,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8BB

secondary

#DDC0C5

accent

#3146B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8BB

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

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