#79ECF9#79ECF9

#79ECF9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.106 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ECF9
RGB	rgb(121, 236, 249)
HSL	hsl(186, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -29.24, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 33.49, 209.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0959 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.106 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9726, 70.8904, 100.3904)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ECF9 #F98679

analogous

#79F9C6 #79ECF9 #79ACF9

triadic

#79ECF9 #F979EC #ECF979

tetradic

#79ECF9 #C679F9 #F98679 #ACF979

square

#79ECF9 #C679F9 #F98679 #ACF979

split-complementary

#79ECF9 #F979AC #F9C679

monochromatic

#0BD6ED #3EE4F6 #79ECF9 #B4F4FC #E2FBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#79ECF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#79ECF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ECF9

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ECF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ECF9	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE4FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D5F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13F4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ecf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 236, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.106 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9f2fb',
    500: '#79ecf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ecf9;
$custom-light: #a9f2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ecf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88046,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ECF9

secondary

#D55041

accent

#1700E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#111717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ECF9

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

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