#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
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -21.40, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 26.01, 214.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0717 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.082 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7608, 51.7834, 73.4268)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##79CBD9	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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