#79C8CD#79C8CD

#79C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.078 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8CD
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -22.96, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 25.10, 203.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.073 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.078 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5548, 49.7784, 65.2696)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8CD #CD7E79

analogous

#79CDA8 #79C8CD #799ECD

triadic

#79C8CD #CD79C8 #C8CD79

tetradic

#79C8CD #A879CD #CD7E79 #9ECD79

square

#79C8CD #A879CD #CD7E79 #9ECD79

split-complementary

#79C8CD #CD799E #CDA879

monochromatic

#378F94 #4CB6BC #79C8CD #A6DADE #D2EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#79C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#79C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8CD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8CD	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.078 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9dc',
    500: '#79c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8cd;
$custom-light: #a4d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78382,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8CD

secondary

#E0C4C2

accent

#352DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8CD

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

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