#79DCEB#79DCEB

#79DCEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.095 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCEB
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -25.15, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 30.00, 213.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0839 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.095 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4679, 61.2454, 87.8486)
Luminance	0.6125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCEB #EB8879

analogous

#79EBC1 #79DCEB #79A3EB

triadic

#79DCEB #EB79DC #DCEB79

tetradic

#79DCEB #C179EB #EB8879 #A3EB79

square

#79DCEB #C179EB #EB8879 #A3EB79

split-complementary

#79DCEB #EB79A3 #EBC179

monochromatic

#1EB5CB #44CEE3 #79DCEB #AEEAF3 #E4F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#79DCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#79DCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCEB

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCEB	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.095 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f1',
    500: '#79dceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dceb;
$custom-light: #a7e7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83954,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCEB

secondary

#C45544

accent

#2A0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCEB

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

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