#79CDCC#79CDCC

#79CDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.082 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDCC
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -25.70, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 26.77, 196.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0793 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.082 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6114, 52.0842, 65.0282)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDCC #CD797A

analogous

#79CDA2 #79CDCC #79A4CD

triadic

#79CDCC #CC79CD #CDCC79

tetradic

#79CDCC #A279CD #CD797A #A4CD79

square

#79CDCC #A279CD #CD797A #A4CD79

split-complementary

#79CDCC #CD79A4 #CDA279

monochromatic

#379493 #4CBCBB #79CDCC #A6DEDD #D2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#79CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDCC

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDCC	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.082 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcdb',
    500: '#79cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdcc;
$custom-light: #a4dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79493,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDCC

secondary

#9B5051

accent

#2D2EB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDCC

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

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