#79DAE6#79DAE6

#79DAE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.093 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAE6
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(187, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -25.48, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 29.45, 210.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0837 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.093 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2339, 59.9170, 83.9236)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAE6 #E68579

analogous

#79E6BC #79DAE6 #79A4E6

triadic

#79DAE6 #E679DA #DAE679

tetradic

#79DAE6 #BC79E6 #E68579 #A4E679

square

#79DAE6 #BC79E6 #E68579 #A4E679

split-complementary

#79DAE6 #E679A4 #E6BC79

monochromatic

#24AFC1 #45CCDC #79DAE6 #ADE8F0 #E0F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#79DAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#79DAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAE6

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAE6	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CE1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.093 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5ed',
    500: '#79dae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dae6;
$custom-light: #a6e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.606,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83328,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAE6

secondary

#BE5345

accent

#2A15D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAE6

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

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