#79CBAE#79CBAE

#79CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.091 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBAE
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(159, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -31.72, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 32.41, 168.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0898 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.091 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8781, 49.8303, 47.7111)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBAE #CB7996

analogous

#79CB85 #79CBAE #79BFCB

triadic

#79CBAE #AE79CB #CBAE79

tetradic

#79CBAE #8579CB #CB7996 #BFCB79

square

#79CBAE #8579CB #CB7996 #BFCB79

split-complementary

#79CBAE #CB79BF #CB8579

monochromatic

#389172 #4DBA93 #79CBAE #A5DCC9 #D1EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#79CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#79CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBAE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBAE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.091 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbc6',
    500: '#79cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbae;
$custom-light: #a3dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.78,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78132,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBAE

secondary

#DEC1CC

accent

#2E5FB7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBAE

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

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