#798E8B#798E8B

#798E8B is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.024 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798E8B
RGB	rgb(121, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -8.13, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 8.18, 186.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0243 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.024 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2172, 25.2745, 28.1290)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798E8B #8E797C

analogous

#798E81 #798E8B #79878E

triadic

#798E8B #8B798E #8E8B79

tetradic

#798E8B #81798E #8E797C #878E79

square

#798E8B #81798E #8E797C #878E79

split-complementary

#798E8B #8E7987 #8E8179

monochromatic

#404C4B #5C6D6B #798E8B #9AAAA8 #BBC6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#798E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#798E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798E8B

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798E8B	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.024 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0afac',
    500: '#798e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798e8b;
$custom-light: #a0afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 8.502,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62921,
    "c": 0.02449,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798E8B

secondary

#B6ADAE

accent

#767FB2

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #798E8B

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

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