#79D6CA#79D6CA

#79D6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.091 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D6CA
RGB	rgb(121, 214, 202)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -30.55, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 30.67, 185.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0906 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.091 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5882, 56.4191, 64.5114)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D6CA #D67985

analogous

#79D69B #79D6CA #79B3D6

triadic

#79D6CA #CA79D6 #D6CA79

tetradic

#79D6CA #9B79D6 #D67985 #B3D679

square

#79D6CA #9B79D6 #D67985 #B3D679

split-complementary

#79D6CA #D679B3 #D69B79

monochromatic

#32A394 #4AC8B7 #79D6CA #A8E4DD #D7F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#79D6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#79D6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D6CA

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D6CA	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 214, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.091 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e3da',
    500: '#79d6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d6ca;
$custom-light: #a5e3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.09095,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D6CA

secondary

#A74C58

accent

#2539C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D6CA

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

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