#799B96#799B96

#799B96 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.038 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799B96
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -12.80, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 12.86, 185.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0382 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.038 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1099, 29.7087, 33.2596)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799B96 #9B797E

analogous

#799B85 #799B96 #798F9B

triadic

#799B96 #96799B #9B9679

tetradic

#799B96 #85799B #9B797E #8F9B79

square

#799B96 #85799B #9B797E #8F9B79

split-complementary

#799B96 #9B798F #9B8579

monochromatic

#425855 #5C7B76 #799B96 #9CB5B1 #BFCFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#799B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#799B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #799B96

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799B96	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.038 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b8b4',
    500: '#799b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799b96;
$custom-light: #a0b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66248,
    "c": 0.03837,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799B96

secondary

#BFB1B3

accent

#707BB7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #799B96

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

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