#79ECD8#79ECD8

#79ECD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.109 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ECD8
RGB	rgb(121, 236, 216)
HSL	hsl(170, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -37.50, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 37.50, 180.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.1095 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.109 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2701, 69.0094, 75.6235)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ECD8 #EC798D

analogous

#79EC9E #79ECD8 #79C7EC

triadic

#79ECD8 #D879EC #ECD879

tetradic

#79ECD8 #9E79EC #EC798D #C7EC79

square

#79ECD8 #9E79EC #EC798D #C7EC79

split-complementary

#79ECD8 #EC79C7 #EC9E79

monochromatic

#1DCDAF #43E4C8 #79ECD8 #AFF4E8 #E4FBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#79ECD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#79ECD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ECD8

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ECD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ECD8	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41EFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ecd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 236, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.109 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7f2e4',
    500: '#79ecd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ecd8;
$custom-light: #a7f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ecd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86996,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ECD8

secondary

#C5445B

accent

#0E31D7

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ECD8

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

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