#79CED9#79CED9

#79CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.084 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CED9
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(187, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -22.91, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 26.59, 210.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0752 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.084 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4761, 53.2140, 73.6652)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CED9 #D98479

analogous

#79D9B4 #79CED9 #799ED9

triadic

#79CED9 #D979CE #CED979

tetradic

#79CED9 #B479D9 #D98479 #9ED979

square

#79CED9 #B479D9 #D98479 #9ED979

split-complementary

#79CED9 #D9799E #D9B479

monochromatic

#309AA8 #49BDCB #79CED9 #A9DFE7 #D8F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#79CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CED9

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CED9	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.084 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde4',
    500: '#79ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ced9;
$custom-light: #a5dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.875,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80158,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CED9

secondary

#AB564B

accent

#3522C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CED9

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

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