#79D3DD#79D3DD

#79D3DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.087 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D3DD
RGB	rgb(121, 211, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(186, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -24.36, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 27.78, 208.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0793 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.087 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2256, 55.8704, 76.8461)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D3DD #DD8379

analogous

#79DDB5 #79D3DD #79A1DD

triadic

#79D3DD #DD79D3 #D3DD79

tetradic

#79D3DD #B579DD #DD8379 #A1DD79

square

#79D3DD #B579DD #DD8379 #A1DD79

split-complementary

#79D3DD #DD79A1 #DDB579

monochromatic

#2CA2AF #48C3D1 #79D3DD #AAE3E9 #DBF3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#79D3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#79D3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D3DD

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D3DD	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 211, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.087 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0e7',
    500: '#79d3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d3dd;
$custom-light: #a6e0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D3DD

secondary

#B15349

accent

#2F1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D3DD

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

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