#79CDCD#79CDCD

#79CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.082 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDCD
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -25.45, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 26.68, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0789 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.082 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7317, 52.1323, 65.6619)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDCD #CD7979

analogous

#79CDA3 #79CDCD #79A3CD

triadic

#79CDCD #CD79CD #CDCD79

tetradic

#79CDCD #A379CD #CD7979 #A3CD79

square

#79CDCD #A379CD #CD7979 #A3CD79

split-complementary

#79CDCD #CD79A3 #CDA379

monochromatic

#379494 #4CBCBC #79CDCD #A6DEDE #D2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#79CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDCD

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDCD	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.082 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcdc',
    500: '#79cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdcd;
$custom-light: #a4dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDCD

secondary

#9B5050

accent

#2D2DB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDCD

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

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