#79CED5#79CED5

#79CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.083 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CED5
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -23.93, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 26.57, 205.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0768 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.083 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9621, 53.0084, 70.9583)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CED5 #D58079

analogous

#79D5AE #79CED5 #79A0D5

triadic

#79CED5 #D579CE #CED579

tetradic

#79CED5 #AE79D5 #D58079 #A0D579

square

#79CED5 #AE79D5 #D58079 #A0D579

split-complementary

#79CED5 #D579A0 #D5AE79

monochromatic

#3299A1 #4ABDC6 #79CED5 #A8DFE4 #D6F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#79CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CED5

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CED5	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.083 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde1',
    500: '#79ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ced5;
$custom-light: #a5dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.565,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80021,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CED5

secondary

#A5544D

accent

#3226C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CED5

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

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