#79C8D5#79C8D5

#79C8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.080 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8D5
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(188, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -20.92, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 25.22, 213.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0698 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.08 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5452, 50.1746, 70.4860)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8D5 #D58679

analogous

#79D5B4 #79C8D5 #799AD5

triadic

#79C8D5 #D579C8 #C8D579

tetradic

#79C8D5 #B479D5 #D58679 #9AD579

square

#79C8D5 #B479D5 #D58679 #9AD579

split-complementary

#79C8D5 #D5799A #D5B479

monochromatic

#3291A1 #4AB5C6 #79C8D5 #A8DBE4 #D6EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#79C8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#79C8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8D5

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8D5	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ECFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.080 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9e1',
    500: '#79c8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8d5;
$custom-light: #a4d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.478,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78657,
    "c": 0.07979,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8D5

secondary

#A5594D

accent

#3C26C0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8D5

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

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