#79D5DC#79D5DC

#79D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.088 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5DC
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -25.61, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 28.28, 205.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.082 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.088 202)
XYZ	xyz(44.5927, 56.8172, 76.3132)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5DC #DC8079

analogous

#79DCB1 #79D5DC #79A4DC

triadic

#79D5DC #DC79D5 #D5DC79

tetradic

#79D5DC #B179DC #DC8079 #A4DC79

square

#79D5DC #B179DC #DC8079 #A4DC79

split-complementary

#79D5DC #DC79A4 #DCB179

monochromatic

#2DA4AD #48C6CF #79D5DC #AAE4E9 #DAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#79D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#79D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5DC

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5DC	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)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.088 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e2e6',
    500: '#79d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5dc;
$custom-light: #a6e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.242,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81852,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.56821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5DC

secondary

#B0514A

accent

#2B1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5DC

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

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