#79D4E2#79D4E2

#79D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.089 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4E2
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -23.56, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 28.12, 213.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0785 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.089 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1509, 56.6392, 80.4899)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4E2 #E28779

analogous

#79E2BB #79D4E2 #799FE2

triadic

#79D4E2 #E279D4 #D4E279

tetradic

#79D4E2 #BB79E2 #E28779 #9FE279

square

#79D4E2 #BB79E2 #E28779 #9FE279

split-complementary

#79D4E2 #E2799F #E2BB79

monochromatic

#28A5B9 #47C4D7 #79D4E2 #ABE4ED #DEF4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#79D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#79D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4E2

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4E2	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.089 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1eb',
    500: '#79d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4e2;
$custom-light: #a6e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81832,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4E2

secondary

#B95546

accent

#3119CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4E2

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

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