#79CBCD#79CBCD

#79CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.080 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBCD
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -24.46, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 26.01, 199.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0765 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.08 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2564, 51.1816, 65.5035)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBCD #CD7B79

analogous

#79CDA5 #79CBCD #79A1CD

triadic

#79CBCD #CD79CB #CBCD79

tetradic

#79CBCD #A579CD #CD7B79 #A1CD79

square

#79CBCD #A579CD #CD7B79 #A1CD79

split-complementary

#79CBCD #CD79A1 #CDA579

monochromatic

#379294 #4CBABC #79CBCD #A6DCDE #D2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#79CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#79CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBCD

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBCD	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.080 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdc',
    500: '#79cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbcd;
$custom-light: #a4dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79068,
    "c": 0.08031,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBCD

secondary

#9B5150

accent

#302DB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBCD

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

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