#79CBD9#79CBD9

#79CBD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.082 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79CBD9
RGBrgb(121, 203, 217)
HSLhsl(189, 56%, 66%)
HSVhsv(189, 44%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(44.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.15, -21.40, -14.78)
CIE-LCHlch(77.15, 26.01, 214.63°)
OKLaboklab(79.48% -0.0717 -0.0407)
OKLCHoklch(79.48% 0.082 209.6)
XYZxyz(41.7608, 51.7834, 73.4268)
Luminance0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79CBD9 #D98779
analogous
#79D9B7 #79CBD9 #799BD9
triadic
#79CBD9 #D979CB #CBD979
tetradic
#79CBD9 #B779D9 #D98779 #9BD979
square
#79CBD9 #B779D9 #D98779 #9BD979
split-complementary
#79CBD9 #D9799B #D9B779
monochromatic
#3096A8 #49B8CB #79CBD9 #A9DEE7 #D8F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#79CBD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36
#79CBD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBD9
11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79CBD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79CBD91.001.8511.3611.36
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3621.001.001.00
##00000011.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEC5DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFB9D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4BD2CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79cbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.082 209.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe4',
    500: '#79cbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79cbd9;
$custom-light: #a5dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79cbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79CBD9
secondary
#AB594B
accent
#3A22C3
background
#FDFEFE
surface
#F7FBFC
border
#D0D4D5
text
#101515
muted
#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBD9

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#79CBD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva