#79CBB5#79CBB5

#79CBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.087 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBB5
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(164, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -30.17, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 30.33, 174.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0867 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.087 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5783, 50.1104, 51.3992)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBB5 #CB798F

analogous

#79CB8C #79CBB5 #79B8CB

triadic

#79CBB5 #B579CB #CBB579

tetradic

#79CBB5 #8C79CB #CB798F #B8CB79

square

#79CBB5 #8C79CB #CB798F #B8CB79

split-complementary

#79CBB5 #CB79B8 #CB8C79

monochromatic

#389179 #4DBA9D #79CBB5 #A5DCCD #D1EDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#79CBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#79CBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBB5

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBB5	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ECDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.087 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbcb',
    500: '#79cbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbb5;
$custom-light: #a3dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.902,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78327,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBB5

secondary

#985063

accent

#2E53B7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F6FCF9

border

#D0D5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBB5

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

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