#799B8D#799B8D

#799B8D is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.043 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799B8D
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(155, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(155, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -14.75, 3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 15.16, 166.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0421 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.043 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4129, 29.4299, 29.5884)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799B8D #9B7987

analogous

#799B7C #799B8D #79989B

triadic

#799B8D #8D799B #9B8D79

tetradic

#799B8D #7C799B #9B7987 #989B79

square

#799B8D #7C799B #9B7987 #989B79

split-complementary

#799B8D #9B7998 #9B7C79

monochromatic

#42584F #5C7B6E #799B8D #9CB5AB #BFCFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#799B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#799B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #799B8D

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799B8D	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.043 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b8ae',
    500: '#799b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799b8d;
$custom-light: #a0b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.294,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65974,
    "c": 0.04307,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799B8D

secondary

#BFB1B7

accent

#708EB7

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F4

border

#CCD0CE

text

#0E1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #799B8D

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

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