#79C8BF#79C8BF

#79C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.079 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8BF
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(173, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -26.39, -3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 26.58, 186.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0788 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.079 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9398, 49.1324, 56.7644)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8BF #C87982

analogous

#79C898 #79C8BF #79A9C8

triadic

#79C8BF #BF79C8 #C8BF79

tetradic

#79C8BF #9879C8 #C87982 #A9C879

square

#79C8BF #9879C8 #C87982 #A9C879

split-complementary

#79C8BF #C879A9 #C89879

monochromatic

#3A8D83 #4EB6AA #79C8BF #A4DAD4 #D0ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#79C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8BF

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8BF	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ACBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.079 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9d2',
    500: '#79c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8bf;
$custom-light: #a3d9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.165,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.0793,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8BF

secondary

#DDC0C3

accent

#3140B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8BF

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

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