#79CEDC#79CEDC

#79CEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.085 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEDC
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -22.13, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 26.72, 214.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.074 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.085 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8699, 53.3715, 75.7389)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEDC #DC8779

analogous

#79DCB9 #79CEDC #799DDC

triadic

#79CEDC #DC79CE #CEDC79

tetradic

#79CEDC #B979DC #DC8779 #9DDC79

square

#79CEDC #B979DC #DC8779 #9DDC79

split-complementary

#79CEDC #DC799D #DCB979

monochromatic

#2D9BAD #48BCCF #79CEDC #AAE0E9 #DAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#79CEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEDC

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEDC	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.085 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde6',
    500: '#79cedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cedc;
$custom-light: #a5dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.485,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80263,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEDC

secondary

#B0584A

accent

#371FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEDC

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

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