Exploring the Color #79CEA1

#79CEA1 sits at 148° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 46% saturation and 64% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 121, 206, 161 produces a 11.16:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #79CEA1 is a distant relative of CSS sky blue — about 75 units away from #87CEEB. Designers reach for spring green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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