#79CBCA#79CBCA

#79CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.080 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBCA
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -25.20, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 26.26, 196.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0778 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.08 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8977, 51.0382, 63.6146)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBCA #CB797A

analogous

#79CBA1 #79CBCA #79A3CB

triadic

#79CBCA #CA79CB #CBCA79

tetradic

#79CBCA #A179CB #CB797A #A3CB79

square

#79CBCA #A179CB #CB797A #A3CB79

split-complementary

#79CBCA #CB79A3 #CBA179

monochromatic

#389190 #4DBAB9 #79CBCA #A5DCDB #D1EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#79CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#79CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBCA

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBCA	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.080 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbda',
    500: '#79cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbca;
$custom-light: #a4dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.268,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.08037,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBCA

secondary

#985051

accent

#2E30B7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBCA

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

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