#79DCEC#79DCEC

#79DCEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.096 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCEC
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -24.89, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 30.04, 214.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0835 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.096 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6128, 61.3034, 88.6116)
Luminance	0.6131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCEC #EC8979

analogous

#79ECC3 #79DCEC #79A2EC

triadic

#79DCEC #EC79DC #DCEC79

tetradic

#79DCEC #C379EC #EC8979 #A2EC79

square

#79DCEC #C379EC #EC8979 #A2EC79

split-complementary

#79DCEC #EC79A2 #ECC379

monochromatic

#1DB5CD #43CEE4 #79DCEC #AFEAF4 #E4F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#79DCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#79DCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCEC

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCEC	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.096 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f2',
    500: '#79dcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcec;
$custom-light: #a7e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.348,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8399,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCEC

secondary

#C55644

accent

#2A0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCEC

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

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