#79DCDC#79DCDC

#79DCDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.093 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCDC
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -29.01, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 30.39, 197.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.09 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.093 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3915, 60.4148, 76.9128)
Luminance	0.6042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCDC #DC7979

analogous

#79DCAB #79DCDC #79ABDC

triadic

#79DCDC #DC79DC #DCDC79

tetradic

#79DCDC #AB79DC #DC7979 #ABDC79

square

#79DCDC #AB79DC #DC7979 #ABDC79

split-complementary

#79DCDC #DC79AB #DCAB79

monochromatic

#2DADAD #48CFCF #79DCDC #AAE9E9 #DAF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#79DCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#79DCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCDC

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCDC	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.093 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7e6',
    500: '#79dcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcdc;
$custom-light: #a6e7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83447,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCDC

secondary

#B04A4A

accent

#1F1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCDC

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

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