#79D5CA#79D5CA

#79D5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.090 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5CA
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -30.07, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 30.23, 185.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0895 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.09 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3359, 55.9145, 64.4273)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5CA #D57984

analogous

#79D59C #79D5CA #79B2D5

triadic

#79D5CA #CA79D5 #D5CA79

tetradic

#79D5CA #9C79D5 #D57984 #B2D579

square

#79D5CA #9C79D5 #D57984 #B2D579

split-complementary

#79D5CA #D579B2 #D59C79

monochromatic

#32A194 #4AC6B8 #79D5CA #A8E4DC #D6F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#79D5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#79D5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5CA

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5CA	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.090 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2da',
    500: '#79d5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5ca;
$custom-light: #a5e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.826,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5CA

secondary

#A54D57

accent

#2638C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5CA

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

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