#79CED4#79CED4

#79CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.083 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CED4
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -24.19, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 26.59, 204.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0772 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.083 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8356, 52.9578, 70.2919)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CED4 #D47F79

analogous

#79D4AC #79CED4 #79A0D4

triadic

#79CED4 #D479CE #CED479

tetradic

#79CED4 #AC79D4 #D47F79 #A0D479

square

#79CED4 #AC79D4 #D47F79 #A0D479

split-complementary

#79CED4 #D479A0 #D4AC79

monochromatic

#33989F #4BBDC5 #79CED4 #A7DFE3 #D6F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#79CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CED4

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CED4	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.083 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde1',
    500: '#79ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ced4;
$custom-light: #a5dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.956,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79987,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CED4

secondary

#A4534D

accent

#3127BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CED4

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

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