#79CCCC#79CCCC

#79CCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.081 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCCC
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -25.20, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 26.42, 197.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0781 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.081 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3730, 51.6073, 64.9488)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCCC #CC7979

analogous

#79CCA2 #79CCCC #79A2CC

triadic

#79CCCC #CC79CC #CCCC79

tetradic

#79CCCC #A279CC #CC7979 #A2CC79

square

#79CCCC #A279CC #CC7979 #A2CC79

split-complementary

#79CCCC #CC79A2 #CCA279

monochromatic

#389393 #4DBBBB #79CCCC #A5DDDD #D2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79CCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#79CCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCCC

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCCC	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.081 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdb',
    500: '#79cccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cccc;
$custom-light: #a4dbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79264,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCCC

secondary

#995050

accent

#2D2DB8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCCC

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

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