#79CDC8#79CDC8

#79CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.082 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDC8
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -26.68, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 27.24, 191.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0809 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.082 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1378, 51.8948, 62.5340)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDC8 #CD797E

analogous

#79CD9E #79CDC8 #79A8CD

triadic

#79CDC8 #C879CD #CDC879

tetradic

#79CDC8 #9E79CD #CD797E #A8CD79

square

#79CDC8 #9E79CD #CD797E #A8CD79

split-complementary

#79CDC8 #CD79A8 #CD9E79

monochromatic

#37948F #4CBCB6 #79CDC8 #A6DEDA #D2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#79CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDC8

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDC8	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.082 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcd8',
    500: '#79cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdc8;
$custom-light: #a4dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79365,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDC8

secondary

#9B5054

accent

#2D35B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDC8

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

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