#79998E#79998E

#79998E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.039 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79998E
RGB	rgb(121, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, -13.47, 2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 13.64, 171.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0389 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.039 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1575, 28.7996, 29.8720)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79998E #997984

analogous

#79997E #79998E #799499

triadic

#79998E #8E7999 #998E79

tetradic

#79998E #7E7999 #997984 #949979

square

#79998E #7E7999 #997984 #949979

split-complementary

#79998E #997994 #997E79

monochromatic

#42564F #5C796F #79998E #9CB3AB #BECEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#79998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#79998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79998E

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79998E	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.039 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b7af',
    500: '#79998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79998e;
$custom-light: #a0b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.375,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6554,
    "c": 0.03924,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79998E

secondary

#BEB0B5

accent

#7189B6

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F4

border

#CCD0CE

text

#0E1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79998E

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

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