#79D8CB#79D8CB

#79D8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.093 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8CB
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -31.26, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 31.35, 184.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0925 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.093 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2162, 57.4851, 65.3067)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8CB #D87986

analogous

#79D89B #79D8CB #79B5D8

triadic

#79D8CB #CB79D8 #D8CB79

tetradic

#79D8CB #9B79D8 #D87986 #B5D879

square

#79D8CB #9B79D8 #D87986 #B5D879

split-complementary

#79D8CB #D879B5 #D89B79

monochromatic

#30A696 #4ACAB9 #79D8CB #A8E6DD #D8F4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#79D8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#79D8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8CB

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8CB	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.093 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e4da',
    500: '#79d8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8cb;
$custom-light: #a5e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.789,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81994,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8CB

secondary

#AA4B58

accent

#2339C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8CB

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

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