#79D4E6#79D4E6

#79D4E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.091 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4E6
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -22.51, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 28.39, 217.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0769 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.091 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7061, 56.8614, 83.4143)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4E6 #E68B79

analogous

#79E6C2 #79D4E6 #799EE6

triadic

#79D4E6 #E679D4 #D4E679

tetradic

#79D4E6 #C279E6 #E68B79 #9EE679

square

#79D4E6 #C279E6 #E68B79 #9EE679

split-complementary

#79D4E6 #E6799E #E6C279

monochromatic

#24A7C1 #45C3DC #79D4E6 #ADE5F0 #E0F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#79D4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#79D4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4E6

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4E6	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EDCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.091 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1ee',
    500: '#79d4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4e6;
$custom-light: #a6e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.908,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81974,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4E6

secondary

#BE5945

accent

#3415D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4E6

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

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