#79C8CE#79C8CE

#79C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.078 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8CE
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -22.71, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 25.07, 205.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0726 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.078 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6759, 49.8268, 65.9074)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8CE #CE7F79

analogous

#79CEAA #79C8CE #799ECE

triadic

#79C8CE #CE79C8 #C8CE79

tetradic

#79C8CE #AA79CE #CE7F79 #9ECE79

square

#79C8CE #AA79CE #CE7F79 #9ECE79

split-complementary

#79C8CE #CE799E #CEAA79

monochromatic

#378F96 #4CB6BE #79C8CE #A6DADE #D3EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#79C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#79C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8CE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8CE	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.078 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9dd',
    500: '#79c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ce;
$custom-light: #a4d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.235,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78416,
    "c": 0.07822,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8CE

secondary

#E0C5C3

accent

#362CBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8CE

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

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