#79CABE#79CABE

#79CABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.082 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CABE
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 190)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(171, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -27.61, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 27.67, 183.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0816 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.082 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2964, 50.0210, 56.3422)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CABE #CA7985

analogous

#79CA95 #79CABE #79ADCA

triadic

#79CABE #BE79CA #CABE79

tetradic

#79CABE #9579CA #CA7985 #ADCA79

square

#79CABE #9579CA #CA7985 #ADCA79

split-complementary

#79CABE #CA79AD #CA9579

monochromatic

#399083 #4DB9A9 #79CABE #A5DBD3 #D1EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#79CABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#79CABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CABE

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CABE	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ACDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.082 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dad1',
    500: '#79cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cabe;
$custom-light: #a4dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78361,
    "c": 0.08179,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CABE

secondary

#97515B

accent

#2F43B6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CABE

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

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