#79CDCE#79CDCE

#79CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.082 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDCE
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -25.20, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 26.60, 198.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0785 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.082 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8528, 52.1808, 66.2997)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDCE #CE7A79

analogous

#79CEA5 #79CDCE #79A3CE

triadic

#79CDCE #CE79CD #CDCE79

tetradic

#79CDCE #A579CE #CE7A79 #A3CE79

square

#79CDCE #A579CE #CE7A79 #A3CE79

split-complementary

#79CDCE #CE79A3 #CEA579

monochromatic

#379596 #4CBCBE #79CDCE #A6DEDE #D3EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#79CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDCE

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDCE	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.082 196.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.706,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79559,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDCE

secondary

#9C504F

accent

#2D2CBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDCE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →