#79D5CE#79D5CE

#79D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.089 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5CE
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -29.10, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 29.55, 189.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0878 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.089 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8156, 56.1063, 66.9539)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5CE #D57980

analogous

#79D5A0 #79D5CE #79AED5

triadic

#79D5CE #CE79D5 #D5CE79

tetradic

#79D5CE #A079D5 #D57980 #AED579

square

#79D5CE #A079D5 #D57980 #AED579

split-complementary

#79D5CE #D579AE #D5A079

monochromatic

#32A199 #4AC6BD #79D5CE #A8E4DF #D6F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#79D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#79D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5CE

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5CE	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.089 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2dc',
    500: '#79d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5ce;
$custom-light: #a5e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.435,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81395,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5CE

secondary

#A54D54

accent

#2632C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5CE

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

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