#79D5CD#79D5CD

#79D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.089 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5CD
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -29.34, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 29.71, 188.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0882 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.089 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6945, 56.0579, 66.3162)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5CD #D57981

analogous

#79D59F #79D5CD #79AFD5

triadic

#79D5CD #CD79D5 #D5CD79

tetradic

#79D5CD #9F79D5 #D57981 #AFD579

square

#79D5CD #9F79D5 #D57981 #AFD579

split-complementary

#79D5CD #D579AF #D59F79

monochromatic

#32A197 #4AC6BC #79D5CD #A8E4DE #D6F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#79D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#79D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5CD

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5CD	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.089 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2dc',
    500: '#79d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5cd;
$custom-light: #a5e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5CD

secondary

#A54D54

accent

#2633C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5CD

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

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