#79CCC5#79CCC5

#79CCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.082 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCC5
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 197)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(175, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -26.91, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 27.28, 189.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.081 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.082 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5522, 51.2790, 60.6261)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCC5 #CC7980

analogous

#79CC9B #79CCC5 #79A9CC

triadic

#79CCC5 #C579CC #CCC579

tetradic

#79CCC5 #9B79CC #CC7980 #A9CC79

square

#79CCC5 #9B79CC #CC7980 #A9CC79

split-complementary

#79CCC5 #CC79A9 #CC9B79

monochromatic

#38938B #4DBBB2 #79CCC5 #A5DDD8 #D2EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#79CCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#79CCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCC5

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCC5	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.082 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcd6',
    500: '#79ccc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccc5;
$custom-light: #a4dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.94,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCC5

secondary

#995056

accent

#2D39B8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCC5

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

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