#79CED3#79CED3

#79CED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.083 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CED3
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(183, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -24.44, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 26.62, 203.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0776 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.083 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7099, 52.9075, 69.6296)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CED3 #D37E79

analogous

#79D3AB #79CED3 #79A1D3

triadic

#79CED3 #D379CE #CED379

tetradic

#79CED3 #AB79D3 #D37E79 #A1D379

square

#79CED3 #AB79D3 #D37E79 #A1D379

split-complementary

#79CED3 #D379A1 #D3AB79

monochromatic

#34989E #4BBDC4 #79CED3 #A7DFE2 #D5F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#79CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CED3

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CED3	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.083 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde0',
    500: '#79ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ced3;
$custom-light: #a5dde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79953,
    "c": 0.08283,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CED3

secondary

#A3524E

accent

#3028BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CED3

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

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