#79CCC8#79CCC8

#79CCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.081 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCC8
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(177, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -26.19, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 26.85, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0798 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.081 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8994, 51.4179, 62.4545)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCC8 #CC797D

analogous

#79CC9E #79CCC8 #79A6CC

triadic

#79CCC8 #C879CC #CCC879

tetradic

#79CCC8 #9E79CC #CC797D #A6CC79

square

#79CCC8 #9E79CC #CC797D #A6CC79

split-complementary

#79CCC8 #CC79A6 #CC9E79

monochromatic

#38938E #4DBBB6 #79CCC8 #A5DDDA #D2EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#79CCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#79CCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCC8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCC8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.081 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbd8',
    500: '#79ccc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccc8;
$custom-light: #a4dbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.108,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79135,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCC8

secondary

#995054

accent

#2D34B8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCC8

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

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