#79CBDA#79CBDA

#79CBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.083 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBDA
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -21.14, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 26.08, 215.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0713 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.083 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8913, 51.8356, 74.1138)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBDA #DA8879

analogous

#79DAB9 #79CBDA #799BDA

triadic

#79CBDA #DA79CB #CBDA79

tetradic

#79CBDA #B979DA #DA8879 #9BDA79

square

#79CBDA #B979DA #DA8879 #9BDA79

split-complementary

#79CBDA #DA799B #DAB979

monochromatic

#2F97AA #49B8CD #79CBDA #A9DEE7 #D9F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#79CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBDA

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBDA	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.083 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe5',
    500: '#79cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbda;
$custom-light: #a5dbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.278,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBDA

secondary

#AD5A4B

accent

#3A21C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBDA

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

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