#79CBCE#79CBCE

#79CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.080 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBCE
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -24.21, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 25.95, 201.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0761 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.08 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3775, 51.2300, 66.1412)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBCE #CE7C79

analogous

#79CEA7 #79CBCE #79A1CE

triadic

#79CBCE #CE79CB #CBCE79

tetradic

#79CBCE #A779CE #CE7C79 #A1CE79

square

#79CBCE #A779CE #CE7C79 #A1CE79

split-complementary

#79CBCE #CE79A1 #CEA779

monochromatic

#379296 #4CBABE #79CBCE #A6DCDE #D3EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#79CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#79CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBCE

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBCE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.080 198.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.118,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79101,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBCE

secondary

#9C524F

accent

#312CBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBCE

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

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