#79D9CD#79D9CD

#79D9CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.093 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D9CD
RGB	rgb(121, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(173, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -31.26, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 31.40, 185.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0928 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.093 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7131, 58.0950, 66.6557)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D9CD #D97985

analogous

#79D99D #79D9CD #79B5D9

triadic

#79D9CD #CD79D9 #D9CD79

tetradic

#79D9CD #9D79D9 #D97985 #B5D979

square

#79D9CD #9D79D9 #D97985 #B5D979

split-complementary

#79D9CD #D979B5 #D99D79

monochromatic

#30A899 #49CBBB #79D9CD #A9E7DF #D8F4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#79D9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#79D9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D9CD

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D9CD	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FDDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.093 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e5dc',
    500: '#79d9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d9cd;
$custom-light: #a5e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82285,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D9CD

secondary

#AB4B57

accent

#2236C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D9CD

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

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