#79C8BC#79C8BC

#79C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.080 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8BC
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(171, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -27.10, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 27.15, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0801 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.08 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6131, 49.0017, 55.0435)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8BC #C87985

analogous

#79C894 #79C8BC #79ACC8

triadic

#79C8BC #BC79C8 #C8BC79

tetradic

#79C8BC #9479C8 #C87985 #ACC879

square

#79C8BC #9479C8 #C87985 #ACC879

split-complementary

#79C8BC #C879AC #C89479

monochromatic

#3A8D80 #4EB6A6 #79C8BC #A4DAD2 #D0ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#79C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8BC

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8BC	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.080 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9d0',
    500: '#79c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8bc;
$custom-light: #a3d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.886,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.08023,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8BC

secondary

#DDC0C4

accent

#3145B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8BC

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

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