#79D8DC#79D8DC

#79D8DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.090 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8DC
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(182, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -27.07, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 29.12, 201.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0854 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.09 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3543, 58.3403, 76.5671)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8DC #DC7D79

analogous

#79DCAF #79D8DC #79A7DC

triadic

#79D8DC #DC79D8 #D8DC79

tetradic

#79D8DC #AF79DC #DC7D79 #A7DC79

square

#79D8DC #AF79DC #DC7D79 #A7DC79

split-complementary

#79D8DC #DC79A7 #DCAF79

monochromatic

#2DA8AD #48CACF #79D8DC #AAE6E9 #DAF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#79D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#79D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8DC

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8DC	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.090 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e4e6',
    500: '#79d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8dc;
$custom-light: #a6e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.424,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82535,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8DC

secondary

#B04E4A

accent

#261FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8DC

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

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