#79CCD8#79CCD8

#79CCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.083 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCD8
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(188, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -22.16, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 26.14, 212.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0732 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.083 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8680, 52.2053, 72.8228)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCD8 #D88579

analogous

#79D8B4 #79CCD8 #799CD8

triadic

#79CCD8 #D879CC #CCD879

tetradic

#79CCD8 #B479D8 #D88579 #9CD879

square

#79CCD8 #B479D8 #D88579 #9CD879

split-complementary

#79CCD8 #D8799C #D8B479

monochromatic

#3097A6 #4ABACA #79CCD8 #A8DEE6 #D8F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#79CCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCD8

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCD8	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BD3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.083 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe4',
    500: '#79ccd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccd8;
$custom-light: #a5dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.579,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7967,
    "c": 0.08258,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCD8

secondary

#AA574B

accent

#3723C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCD8

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

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