#79D8EA#79D8EA

#79D8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.093 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8EA
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -23.44, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 29.28, 216.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0799 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.093 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2866, 59.1132, 86.7441)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8EA #EA8B79

analogous

#79EAC4 #79D8EA #799FEA

triadic

#79D8EA #EA79D8 #D8EA79

tetradic

#79D8EA #C479EA #EA8B79 #9FEA79

square

#79D8EA #C479EA #EA8B79 #9FEA79

split-complementary

#79D8EA #EA799F #EAC479

monochromatic

#20AEC9 #44C9E2 #79D8EA #AEE7F2 #E3F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#79D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#79D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8EA

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8EA	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.093 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e4f0',
    500: '#79d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8ea;
$custom-light: #a7e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.558,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83018,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8EA

secondary

#C35945

accent

#3011D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8EA

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

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