#79CECD#79CECD

#79CECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.083 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CECD
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -25.94, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 27.03, 196.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.08 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.083 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9717, 52.6123, 65.7419)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CECD #CE797A

analogous

#79CEA3 #79CECD #79A5CE

triadic

#79CECD #CD79CE #CECD79

tetradic

#79CECD #A379CE #CE797A #A5CE79

square

#79CECD #A379CE #CE797A #A5CE79

split-complementary

#79CECD #CE79A5 #CEA379

monochromatic

#379695 #4CBEBC #79CECD #A6DEDE #D3EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#79CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CECD

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CECD	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.083 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dddc',
    500: '#79cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cecd;
$custom-light: #a4dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79755,
    "c": 0.08273,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CECD

secondary

#9C4F50

accent

#2C2DBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CECD

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

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