#79CED6#79CED6

#79CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.083 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CED6
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -23.68, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 26.56, 206.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0764 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.083 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0895, 53.0594, 71.6288)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CED6 #D68179

analogous

#79D6AF #79CED6 #799FD6

triadic

#79CED6 #D679CE #CED679

tetradic

#79CED6 #AF79D6 #D68179 #9FD679

square

#79CED6 #AF79D6 #D68179 #9FD679

split-complementary

#79CED6 #D6799F #D6AF79

monochromatic

#3299A3 #4ABDC8 #79CED6 #A8DFE4 #D7F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#79CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CED6

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CED6	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.083 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde2',
    500: '#79ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ced6;
$custom-light: #a5dde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.161,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80055,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CED6

secondary

#A7544C

accent

#3225C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CED6

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

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