#79ECE5#79ECE5

#79ECE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.106 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ECE5
RGB	rgb(121, 236, 229)
HSL	hsl(176, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -34.35, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 35.00, 191.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.104 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.106 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0176, 69.7084, 84.8274)
Luminance	0.6971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ECE5 #EC7980

analogous

#79ECAC #79ECE5 #79B9EC

triadic

#79ECE5 #E579EC #ECE579

tetradic

#79ECE5 #AC79EC #EC7980 #B9EC79

square

#79ECE5 #AC79EC #EC7980 #B9EC79

split-complementary

#79ECE5 #EC79B9 #ECAC79

monochromatic

#1DCDC3 #43E4DB #79ECE5 #AFF4EF #E4FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#79ECE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#79ECE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ECE5

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ECE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ECE5	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ece5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 236, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.106 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8f2ed',
    500: '#79ece5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ece5;
$custom-light: #a8f2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ece5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.348,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87389,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ECE5

secondary

#C5444C

accent

#0E1AD7

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ECE5

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

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