#79CDC2#79CDC2

#79CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.084 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDC2
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(172, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -28.12, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 28.23, 185.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0835 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.084 185)
XYZ	xyz(39.4503, 51.6198, 58.9132)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDC2 #CD7984

analogous

#79CD98 #79CDC2 #79AECD

triadic

#79CDC2 #C279CD #CDC279

tetradic

#79CDC2 #9879CD #CD7984 #AECD79

square

#79CDC2 #9879CD #CD7984 #AECD79

split-complementary

#79CDC2 #CD79AE #CD9879

monochromatic

#379488 #4CBCAE #79CDC2 #A6DED6 #D2EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#79CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDC2

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDC2	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)

#C5C5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.084 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcd4',
    500: '#79cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdc2;
$custom-light: #a4dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79177,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.51623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDC2

secondary

#9B5059

accent

#2D3FB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDC2

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

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