#79C8CB#79C8CB

#79C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.078 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8CB
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -23.47, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 25.18, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0738 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.078 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3149, 49.6824, 64.0063)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8CB #CB7C79

analogous

#79CBA5 #79C8CB #799FCB

triadic

#79C8CB #CB79C8 #C8CB79

tetradic

#79C8CB #A579CB #CB7C79 #9FCB79

square

#79C8CB #A579CB #CB7C79 #9FCB79

split-complementary

#79C8CB #CB799F #CBA579

monochromatic

#388E91 #4DB6BA #79C8CB #A5DADC #D1ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#79C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#79C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8CB

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8CB	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.078 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9da',
    500: '#79c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8cb;
$custom-light: #a4d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.195,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8CB

secondary

#DEC2C1

accent

#332EB7

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8CB

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

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