#79DEC9#79DEC9

#79DEC9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.100 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DEC9
RGB	rgb(121, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(168, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -34.55, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 34.57, 178.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.1002 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.1 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5447, 60.5210, 64.5814)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DEC9 #DE798E

analogous

#79DE97 #79DEC9 #79C0DE

triadic

#79DEC9 #C979DE #DEC979

tetradic

#79DEC9 #9779DE #DE798E #C0DE79

square

#79DEC9 #9779DE #DE798E #C0DE79

split-complementary

#79DEC9 #DE79C0 #DE9779

monochromatic

#2CB195 #48D2B5 #79DEC9 #AAEADD #DBF6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#79DEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#79DEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DEC9

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DEC9	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.100 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e8d9',
    500: '#79dec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dec9;
$custom-light: #a5e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.525,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83323,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DEC9

secondary

#B3485F

accent

#1D41C8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FDFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101614

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DEC9

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

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