#79CDCA#79CDCA

#79CDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.082 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDCA
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -26.19, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 26.99, 193.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0801 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.082 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3731, 51.9889, 63.7730)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDCA #CD797C

analogous

#79CDA0 #79CDCA #79A6CD

triadic

#79CDCA #CA79CD #CDCA79

tetradic

#79CDCA #A079CD #CD797C #A6CD79

square

#79CDCA #A079CD #CD797C #A6CD79

split-complementary

#79CDCA #CD79A6 #CDA079

monochromatic

#379491 #4CBCB8 #79CDCA #A6DEDC #D2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#79CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDCA

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDCA	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.082 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcda',
    500: '#79cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdca;
$custom-light: #a4dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79429,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDCA

secondary

#9B5052

accent

#2D32B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDCA

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

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