#79C8BE#79C8BE

#79C8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.080 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8BE
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(172, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -26.63, -2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 26.76, 185.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0792 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.08 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8302, 49.0886, 56.1868)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8BE #C87983

analogous

#79C896 #79C8BE #79AAC8

triadic

#79C8BE #BE79C8 #C8BE79

tetradic

#79C8BE #9679C8 #C87983 #AAC879

square

#79C8BE #9679C8 #C87983 #AAC879

split-complementary

#79C8BE #C879AA #C89679

monochromatic

#3A8D82 #4EB6A9 #79C8BE #A4DAD3 #D0ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#79C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8BE

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8BE	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BCBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.080 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9d1',
    500: '#79c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8be;
$custom-light: #a3d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.405,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77898,
    "c": 0.07958,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8BE

secondary

#DDC0C4

accent

#3141B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8BE

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

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