#798996#798996

#798996 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.027 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798996
RGB	rgb(121, 137, 150)
HSL	hsl(207, 12%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 19%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -2.86, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 9.32, 252.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0125 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.027 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3344, 24.1577, 32.3344)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798996 #968679

analogous

#799694 #798996 #797A96

triadic

#798996 #967989 #899679

tetradic

#798996 #947996 #968679 #7A9679

square

#798996 #947996 #968679 #7A9679

split-complementary

#798996 #96797A #969479

monochromatic

#414B53 #5C6A76 #798996 #9BA7B1 #BEC5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#798996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#798996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798996

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798996	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#718C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 137, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.027 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0abb4',
    500: '#798996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798996;
$custom-light: #a0abb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 12.134,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62165,
    "c": 0.02709,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798996

secondary

#BCB5AF

accent

#9073B5

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #798996

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

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