#79CBDB#79CBDB

#79CBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.083 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBDB
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -20.88, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 26.16, 217.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0709 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.083 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0225, 51.8881, 74.8051)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBDB #DB8979

analogous

#79DBBA #79CBDB #799ADB

triadic

#79CBDB #DB79CB #CBDB79

tetradic

#79CBDB #BA79DB #DB8979 #9ADB79

square

#79CBDB #BA79DB #DB8979 #9ADB79

split-complementary

#79CBDB #DB799A #DBBA79

monochromatic

#2E97AC #49B8CE #79CBDB #A9DEE8 #D9F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#79CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBDB

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBDB	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.083 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe6',
    500: '#79cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbdb;
$custom-light: #a5dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79549,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBDB

secondary

#AE5A4A

accent

#3B20C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBDB

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

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