#799B9F#799B9F

#799B9F is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.038 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799B9F
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -10.75, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 12.29, 208.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0344 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.038 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8626, 30.0098, 37.2239)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799B9F #9F7D79

analogous

#799F90 #799B9F #79889F

triadic

#799B9F #9F799B #9B9F79

tetradic

#799B9F #90799F #9F7D79 #889F79

square

#799B9F #90799F #9F7D79 #889F79

split-complementary

#799B9F #9F7988 #9F9079

monochromatic

#42595C #5B7C7F #799B9F #9DB6B9 #C0D0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#799B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#799B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799B9F

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799B9F	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D9E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.038 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b8bb',
    500: '#799b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799b9f;
$custom-light: #a0b8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 16.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66541,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799B9F

secondary

#C2B4B2

accent

#766FB9

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #799B9F

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

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