#79CEC8#79CEC8

#79CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.083 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEC8
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -27.17, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 27.64, 190.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0821 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.083 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3778, 52.3747, 62.6140)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEC8 #CE797F

analogous

#79CE9E #79CEC8 #79AACE

triadic

#79CEC8 #C879CE #CEC879

tetradic

#79CEC8 #9E79CE #CE797F #AACE79

square

#79CEC8 #9E79CE #CE797F #AACE79

split-complementary

#79CEC8 #CE79AA #CE9E79

monochromatic

#37968F #4CBEB6 #79CEC8 #A6DEDA #D3EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#79CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEC8

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEC8	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.083 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddd8',
    500: '#79cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cec8;
$custom-light: #a4ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.765,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79595,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEC8

secondary

#9C4F55

accent

#2C36BA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEC8

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

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