#79D4E5#79D4E5

#79D4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.090 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4E5
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -22.77, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 28.31, 216.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0773 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.09 211)
XYZ	xyz(45.5661, 56.8053, 82.6769)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4E5 #E58A79

analogous

#79E5C0 #79D4E5 #799EE5

triadic

#79D4E5 #E579D4 #D4E579

tetradic

#79D4E5 #C079E5 #E58A79 #9EE579

square

#79D4E5 #C079E5 #E58A79 #9EE579

split-complementary

#79D4E5 #E5799E #E5C079

monochromatic

#25A6BF #46C4DB #79D4E5 #ACE4EF #E0F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#79D4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#79D4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4E5

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4E5	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FDCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.090 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1ed',
    500: '#79d4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4e5;
$custom-light: #a6e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.444,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81938,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.56809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4E5

secondary

#BD5846

accent

#3316CF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4E5

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

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