#79C9B2#79C9B2

#79C9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.086 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C9B2
RGB	rgb(121, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(163, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -29.88, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 30.12, 172.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0856 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.086 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8046, 49.0501, 49.6391)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C9B2 #C97990

analogous

#79C98A #79C9B2 #79B8C9

triadic

#79C9B2 #B279C9 #C9B279

tetradic

#79C9B2 #8A79C9 #C97990 #B8C979

square

#79C9B2 #8A79C9 #C97990 #B8C979

split-complementary

#79C9B2 #C979B8 #C98A79

monochromatic

#398E76 #4DB799 #79C9B2 #A5DBCB #D0ECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#79C9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C9B2

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C9B2	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.086 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9c9',
    500: '#79c9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c9b2;
$custom-light: #a3d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.75,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77775,
    "c": 0.08615,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C9B2

secondary

#DDC1C9

accent

#3056B6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C9B2

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

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