#79CABC#79CABC

#79CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CABC
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(170, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -28.08, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 28.09, 181.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0825 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.083 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0793, 49.9342, 55.1989)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CABC #CA7987

analogous

#79CA93 #79CABC #79AFCA

triadic

#79CABC #BC79CA #CABC79

tetradic

#79CABC #9379CA #CA7987 #AFCA79

square

#79CABC #9379CA #CA7987 #AFCA79

split-complementary

#79CABC #CA79AF #CA9379

monochromatic

#399081 #4DB9A6 #79CABC #A5DBD2 #D1EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#79CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#79CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CABC

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CABC	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BCDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dad0',
    500: '#79cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cabc;
$custom-light: #a3dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.63,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.783,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CABC

secondary

#DEC1C6

accent

#2F46B6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CABC

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

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