#70979A#70979A

#70979A is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.043 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70979A
RGB	rgb(112, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(184, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 27%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -12.58, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 13.91, 205.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0398 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.043 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5796, 27.9099, 34.7103)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70979A #9A7370

analogous

#709A88 #70979A #70829A

triadic

#70979A #9A7097 #979A70

tetradic

#70979A #88709A #9A7370 #829A70

square

#70979A #88709A #9A7370 #829A70

split-complementary

#70979A #9A7082 #9A8870

monochromatic

#3B5254 #557678 #70979A #94B1B3 #B8CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#70979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#70979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #70979A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70979A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#629A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.043 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab5b7',
    500: '#70979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70979a;
$custom-light: #9ab5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 17.213,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64874,
    "c": 0.043,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70979A

secondary

#BCABAA

accent

#736EBA

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #70979A

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

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