#79D8CD#79D8CD

#79D8CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.092 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8CD
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(173, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -30.78, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 30.96, 186.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0917 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.092 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4561, 57.5810, 66.5701)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8CD #D87984

analogous

#79D89D #79D8CD #79B3D8

triadic

#79D8CD #CD79D8 #D8CD79

tetradic

#79D8CD #9D79D8 #D87984 #B3D879

square

#79D8CD #9D79D8 #D87984 #B3D879

split-complementary

#79D8CD #D879B3 #D89D79

monochromatic

#30A699 #4ACABB #79D8CD #A8E6DF #D8F4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#79D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#79D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8CD

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8CD	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.092 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e4dc',
    500: '#79d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8cd;
$custom-light: #a5e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.053,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82055,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8CD

secondary

#AA4B56

accent

#2336C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8CD

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

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