#79CECC#79CECC

#79CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.083 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CECC
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -26.19, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 27.13, 195.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0805 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.083 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8514, 52.5641, 65.1082)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CECC #CE797B

analogous

#79CEA2 #79CECC #79A6CE

triadic

#79CECC #CC79CE #CECC79

tetradic

#79CECC #A279CE #CE797B #A6CE79

square

#79CECC #A279CE #CE797B #A6CE79

split-complementary

#79CECC #CE79A6 #CEA279

monochromatic

#379694 #4CBEBB #79CECC #A6DEDD #D3EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#79CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CECC

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CECC	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.083 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dddb',
    500: '#79cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cecc;
$custom-light: #a4dddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.588,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79723,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CECC

secondary

#9C4F51

accent

#2C2FBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CECC

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

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