#79CDBA#79CDBA

#79CDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.087 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDBA
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(166, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -29.99, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 30.02, 177.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0869 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.087 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5760, 51.2700, 54.3082)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDBA #CD798C

analogous

#79CD90 #79CDBA #79B6CD

triadic

#79CDBA #BA79CD #CDBA79

tetradic

#79CDBA #9079CD #CD798C #B6CD79

square

#79CDBA #9079CD #CD798C #B6CD79

split-complementary

#79CDBA #CD79B6 #CD9079

monochromatic

#37947F #4CBCA3 #79CDBA #A6DED1 #D2EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#79CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#79CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDBA

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDBA	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BCFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.087 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcce',
    500: '#79cdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdba;
$custom-light: #a4dcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78938,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDBA

secondary

#9B5061

accent

#2D4CB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1513

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDBA

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

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