#79CDCB#79CDCB

#79CDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.082 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDCB
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -25.94, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 26.87, 195.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0797 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.082 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4919, 52.0364, 64.3986)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDCB #CD797B

analogous

#79CDA1 #79CDCB #79A5CD

triadic

#79CDCB #CB79CD #CDCB79

tetradic

#79CDCB #A179CD #CD797B #A5CD79

square

#79CDCB #A179CD #CD797B #A5CD79

split-complementary

#79CDCB #CD79A5 #CDA179

monochromatic

#379492 #4CBCBA #79CDCB #A6DEDC #D2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#79CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDCB

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDCB	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.082 193.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79461,
    "c": 0.08202,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDCB

secondary

#9B5051

accent

#2D30B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDCB

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

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