#79CAAD#79CAAD

#79CAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.091 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAAD
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(159, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -31.46, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 32.18, 167.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.089 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.091 169)
XYZ	xyz(36.5456, 49.3207, 47.1212)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAAD #CA7996

analogous

#79CA84 #79CAAD #79BECA

triadic

#79CAAD #AD79CA #CAAD79

tetradic

#79CAAD #8479CA #CA7996 #BECA79

square

#79CAAD #8479CA #CA7996 #BECA79

split-complementary

#79CAAD #CA79BE #CA8479

monochromatic

#399071 #4DB992 #79CAAD #A5DBC8 #D1EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#79CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#79CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAAD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAAD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.091 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dac5',
    500: '#79caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caad;
$custom-light: #a3dac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.519,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7787,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.49323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAAD

secondary

#DEC1CB

accent

#2F60B6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1512

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAAD

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

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