#799B99#799B99

#799B99 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.038 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799B99
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -12.13, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 12.45, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0369 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.038 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3546, 29.8066, 34.5482)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799B99 #9B797B

analogous

#799B88 #799B99 #798C9B

triadic

#799B99 #99799B #9B9979

tetradic

#799B99 #88799B #9B797B #8C9B79

square

#799B99 #88799B #9B797B #8C9B79

split-complementary

#799B99 #9B798C #9B8879

monochromatic

#425857 #5C7B79 #799B99 #9CB5B4 #BFCFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#799B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#799B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #799B99

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799B99	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.038 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b8b7',
    500: '#799b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799b99;
$custom-light: #a0b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66343,
    "c": 0.03773,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799B99

secondary

#BFB1B2

accent

#7075B7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #799B99

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

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