#79C8CA#79C8CA

#79C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.078 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8CA
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -23.71, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 25.24, 200.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0742 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.078 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1961, 49.6349, 63.3807)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8CA #CA7B79

analogous

#79CAA3 #79C8CA #799FCA

triadic

#79C8CA #CA79C8 #C8CA79

tetradic

#79C8CA #A379CA #CA7B79 #9FCA79

square

#79C8CA #A379CA #CA7B79 #9FCA79

split-complementary

#79C8CA #CA799F #CAA379

monochromatic

#398E90 #4DB6B9 #79C8CA #A5DADB #D1ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#79C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#79C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8CA

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8CA	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.078 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9da',
    500: '#79c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ca;
$custom-light: #a4d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.481,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78282,
    "c": 0.07791,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8CA

secondary

#DEC2C1

accent

#322FB6

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8CA

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

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