#79CDAD#79CDAD

#79CDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.095 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDAD
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(157, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -32.88, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 33.84, 166.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0926 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.095 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2563, 50.7422, 47.3581)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDAD #CD7999

analogous

#79CD83 #79CDAD #79C3CD

triadic

#79CDAD #AD79CD #CDAD79

tetradic

#79CDAD #8379CD #CD7999 #C3CD79

square

#79CDAD #8379CD #CD7999 #C3CD79

split-complementary

#79CDAD #CD79C3 #CD8379

monochromatic

#379471 #4CBC92 #79CDAD #A6DEC8 #D2EEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#79CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#79CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDAD

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDAD	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.095 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcc5',
    500: '#79cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdad;
$custom-light: #a3dcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDAD

secondary

#9B506C

accent

#2D62B9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F6FCF9

border

#D0D5D2

text

#0F1512

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDAD

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

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