#799C8F#799C8F

#799C8F is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.043 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799C8F
RGB	rgb(121, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(158, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -14.86, 2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 15.13, 169.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0426 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.043 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7301, 29.8242, 30.4349)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799C8F #9C7986

analogous

#799C7E #799C8F #79989C

triadic

#799C8F #8F799C #9C8F79

tetradic

#799C8F #7E799C #9C7986 #989C79

square

#799C8F #7E799C #9C7986 #989C79

split-complementary

#799C8F #9C7998 #9C7E79

monochromatic

#425950 #5C7C70 #799C8F #9CB6AC #BFD0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#799C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#799C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #799C8F

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799C8F	1.00	3.02	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.043 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b9af',
    500: '#799c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799c8f;
$custom-light: #a0b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.714,
    "s": 15.021,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66265,
    "c": 0.04327,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799C8F

secondary

#C0B1B6

accent

#708BB8

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F4

border

#CCD0CE

text

#0F1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #799C8F

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

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