#79CED8#79CED8

#79CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.084 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CED8
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -23.16, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 26.57, 209.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0756 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.084 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3464, 53.1622, 72.9823)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CED8 #D88379

analogous

#79D8B2 #79CED8 #799ED8

triadic

#79CED8 #D879CE #CED879

tetradic

#79CED8 #B279D8 #D88379 #9ED879

square

#79CED8 #B279D8 #D88379 #9ED879

split-complementary

#79CED8 #D8799E #D8B279

monochromatic

#309AA6 #4ABDCA #79CED8 #A8DFE6 #D8F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#79CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CED8

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CED8	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BD4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.084 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde4',
    500: '#79ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ced8;
$custom-light: #a5dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80124,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CED8

secondary

#AA554B

accent

#3423C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CED8

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

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