#79D3DC#79D3DC

#79D3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.087 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D3DC
RGB	rgb(121, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -24.62, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 27.77, 207.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0797 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.087 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0927, 55.8173, 76.1465)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D3DC #DC8279

analogous

#79DCB4 #79D3DC #79A1DC

triadic

#79D3DC #DC79D3 #D3DC79

tetradic

#79D3DC #B479DC #DC8279 #A1DC79

square

#79D3DC #B479DC #DC8279 #A1DC79

split-complementary

#79D3DC #DC79A1 #DCB479

monochromatic

#2DA2AD #48C3CF #79D3DC #AAE3E9 #DAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#79D3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#79D3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D3DC

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D3DC	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.087 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e0e6',
    500: '#79d3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d3dc;
$custom-light: #a5e0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D3DC

secondary

#B0534A

accent

#2E1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D3DC

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

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