#79C8CC#79C8CC

#79C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.078 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8CC
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -23.22, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 25.13, 202.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0734 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.078 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4344, 49.7303, 64.6359)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8CC #CC7D79

analogous

#79CCA6 #79C8CC #799ECC

triadic

#79C8CC #CC79C8 #C8CC79

tetradic

#79C8CC #A679CC #CC7D79 #9ECC79

square

#79C8CC #A679CC #CC7D79 #9ECC79

split-complementary

#79C8CC #CC799E #CCA679

monochromatic

#388E93 #4DB6BB #79C8CC #A5DADD #D2ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#79C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#79C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8CC

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8CC	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.078 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9db',
    500: '#79c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8cc;
$custom-light: #a4d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.892,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78348,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8CC

secondary

#DFC3C2

accent

#342DB8

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8CC

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

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