#79CDC7#79CDC7

#79CDC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.083 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDC7
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 199)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -26.92, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 27.39, 190.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0814 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.083 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0213, 51.8482, 61.9205)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDC7 #CD797F

analogous

#79CD9D #79CDC7 #79A9CD

triadic

#79CDC7 #C779CD #CDC779

tetradic

#79CDC7 #9D79CD #CD797F #A9CD79

square

#79CDC7 #9D79CD #CD797F #A9CD79

split-complementary

#79CDC7 #CD79A9 #CD9D79

monochromatic

#37948E #4CBCB4 #79CDC7 #A6DEDA #D2EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79CDC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#79CDC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDC7

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDC7	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.083 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcd8',
    500: '#79cdc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdc7;
$custom-light: #a4dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79333,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDC7

secondary

#9B5055

accent

#2D37B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDC7

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

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