#79CECE#79CECE

#79CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.083 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CECE
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -25.69, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 26.93, 197.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0796 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.083 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0928, 52.6607, 66.3797)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CECE #CE7979

analogous

#79CEA4 #79CECE #79A4CE

triadic

#79CECE #CE79CE #CECE79

tetradic

#79CECE #A479CE #CE7979 #A4CE79

square

#79CECE #A479CE #CE7979 #A4CE79

split-complementary

#79CECE #CE79A4 #CEA479

monochromatic

#379696 #4CBEBE #79CECE #A6DEDE #D3EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#79CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CECE

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CECE	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.083 195.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79788,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CECE

secondary

#9C4F4F

accent

#2C2CBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CECE

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

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