#79CDC5#79CDC5

#79CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.083 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDC5
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(174, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -27.40, -4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 27.70, 188.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0822 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.083 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7907, 51.7559, 60.7056)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDC5 #CD7981

analogous

#79CD9B #79CDC5 #79ABCD

triadic

#79CDC5 #C579CD #CDC579

tetradic

#79CDC5 #9B79CD #CD7981 #ABCD79

square

#79CDC5 #9B79CD #CD7981 #ABCD79

split-complementary

#79CDC5 #CD79AB #CD9B79

monochromatic

#37948B #4CBCB2 #79CDC5 #A6DED8 #D2EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#79CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDC5

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDC5	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.083 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcd6',
    500: '#79cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdc5;
$custom-light: #a4dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7927,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDC5

secondary

#9B5057

accent

#2D3AB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDC5

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

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