#79CED2#79CED2

#79CED2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.083 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CED2
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 210)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(183, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -24.69, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 26.66, 202.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.078 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.083 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5849, 52.8575, 68.9714)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CED2 #D27D79

analogous

#79D2AA #79CED2 #79A1D2

triadic

#79CED2 #D279CE #CED279

tetradic

#79CED2 #AA79D2 #D27D79 #A1D279

square

#79CED2 #AA79D2 #D27D79 #A1D279

split-complementary

#79CED2 #D279A1 #D2AA79

monochromatic

#34979C #4BBDC3 #79CED2 #A7DFE1 #D5F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#79CED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CED2

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CED2	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ced2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.083 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dddf',
    500: '#79ced2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ced2;
$custom-light: #a5dddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ced2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.697,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7992,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CED2

secondary

#A1524E

accent

#2F28BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CED2

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

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