#79CEC2#79CEC2

#79CEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.085 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEC2
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 194)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(172, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -28.60, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 28.68, 184.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0847 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.085 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6903, 52.0997, 58.9932)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEC2 #CE7985

analogous

#79CE98 #79CEC2 #79B0CE

triadic

#79CEC2 #C279CE #CEC279

tetradic

#79CEC2 #9879CE #CE7985 #B0CE79

square

#79CEC2 #9879CE #CE7985 #B0CE79

split-complementary

#79CEC2 #CE79B0 #CE9879

monochromatic

#379688 #4CBEAE #79CEC2 #A6DED6 #D3EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#79CEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEC2

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEC2	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)

#C7C5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.085 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddd4',
    500: '#79cec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cec2;
$custom-light: #a4ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.529,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79409,
    "c": 0.08489,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEC2

secondary

#9C4F5A

accent

#2C40BA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEC2

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

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