#79D4DC#79D4DC

#79D4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.088 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4DC
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -25.11, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 28.02, 206.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0809 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.088 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3419, 56.3157, 76.2296)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4DC #DC8179

analogous

#79DCB2 #79D4DC #79A3DC

triadic

#79D4DC #DC79D4 #D4DC79

tetradic

#79D4DC #B279DC #DC8179 #A3DC79

square

#79D4DC #B279DC #DC8179 #A3DC79

split-complementary

#79D4DC #DC79A3 #DCB279

monochromatic

#2DA3AD #48C4CF #79D4DC #AAE4E9 #DAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#79D4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#79D4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4DC

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4DC	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.088 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1e6',
    500: '#79d4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4dc;
$custom-light: #a6e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81624,
    "c": 0.08781,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4DC

secondary

#B0524A

accent

#2D1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4DC

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

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