#79D8CA#79D8CA

#79D8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.093 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8CA
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(171, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -31.50, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 31.55, 183.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0929 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.093 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0974, 57.4376, 64.6812)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8CA #D87987

analogous

#79D89A #79D8CA #79B6D8

triadic

#79D8CA #CA79D8 #D8CA79

tetradic

#79D8CA #9A79D8 #D87987 #B6D879

square

#79D8CA #9A79D8 #D87987 #B6D879

split-complementary

#79D8CA #D879B6 #D89A79

monochromatic

#30A695 #4ACAB7 #79D8CA #A8E6DD #D8F4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#79D8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#79D8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8CA

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8CA	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.093 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e4da',
    500: '#79d8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8ca;
$custom-light: #a5e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.158,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81964,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8CA

secondary

#AA4B59

accent

#233BC2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8CA

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

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