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#79ECD4 — Light Teal

#79ECD4 is a teal color we call Light Teal, closest to the named color Aquamarine (#7FFFD4). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: aquamarine (#7FFFD4) — not an exact match. CSS aquamarine gives you #7FFFD4, a different color; use #79ECD4 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#79ECD4 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EC7992; it also sits naturally between #79EC9A and #79CBEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#79ECD4 · RGB 121, 236, 212

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Color values

HEX#79ECD4
RGB121, 236, 212
HSL167°, 75%, 70%
HSV167°, 49%, 93%
CMYK49%, 0%, 10%, 7%
XYZ49.76, 68.81, 72.95
Yxy68.81, 0.2598, 0.3593
CIE-Lab86.41, -38.43, 1.57
Hunter Lab82.95, -34.18, 1.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 47% · Green 93% · Blue 83%

Cyan 49% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 10% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #79ECD4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #79ECD4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #79ECD4

.text { color: #79ECD4; }
.background { background-color: #79ECD4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #79ECD4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(121, 236, 212); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(167, 75%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #79ECD4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(121, 236, 212, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #79ECD4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(121, 236, 212, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#79ECD4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#79ECD4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #79ECD4

#5AE7C9#3FE4C0#20DFB6#1CC4A0#18A586#13866D#0F6B57#0B4C3E#073128#03120F

Tints of #79ECD4

#87EED7#8FEFDA#9DF1DF#A6F2E2#B3F4E6#C1F6EA#C9F7ED#D7F9F2#E0FBF5#EDFCF9

Tones of #79ECD4

#82E3CE#89DCCA#92D3C5#9ACBC0#A2C3BC#AABBB7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EC7992:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #79ECD4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #79ECD4

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #79ECD4: ·

How #79ECD4 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #ABACDADeuteranopia · #A49CDBTritanopia · #7FDEDF

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap info · #0DCAF0Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #79ECD4 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Mirage
#17AB70 · #78EDD8 · #CF1C64 · #EDA9B7
Vivid Ruby Summit
#73E9D6 · #24A6BF · #74AEE5 · #4E69E0
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Velvet Drift
#0E8D64 · #70F0D0 · #EB3E76 · #F3BAD2
Silent Ruby Whisper
#ADE163 · #6CE160 · #2DD16D · #7BE1D5
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#78EDD8#73E9D6#77E4D4#70F0D0#7BE1D5#7AE2CF#6EEDCF#6EF3D6#6FE7DD#77E4C8#74DECF#70EBC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #79ECD3  ·  #79ECD5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #79ECD4?

#79ECD4 is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 121, 236, 212). Its closest standard named color is Aquamarine.

What is the RGB and HSL of #79ECD4?

#79ECD4 is RGB 121, 236, 212 — HSL 167°, 75%, 70% — CMYK 49%, 0%, 10%, 7%.

What colors go with #79ECD4?

Its complement is #EC7992; analogous partners are #79EC9A and #79CBEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #79ECD4 for text?

Black text on #79ECD4 has a contrast ratio of 14.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.