#799D8D#799D8D

#799D8D is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.046 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799D8D
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(153, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -15.81, 4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 16.39, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0449 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.046 166)
XYZ	xyz(24.7485, 30.1011, 29.7003)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799D8D #9D7989

analogous

#799D7B #799D8D #799B9D

triadic

#799D8D #8D799D #9D8D79

tetradic

#799D8D #7B799D #9D7989 #9B9D79

square

#799D8D #7B799D #9D7989 #9B9D79

split-complementary

#799D8D #9D799B #9D7B79

monochromatic

#425A4F #5C7D6E #799D8D #9CB7AB #C0D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#799D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#799D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799D8D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799D8D	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.046 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0baae',
    500: '#799d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799d8d;
$custom-light: #a0baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66438,
    "c": 0.04629,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.30102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799D8D

secondary

#C1B1B8

accent

#7090B8

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F2F6F4

border

#CCD0CE

text

#0F1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #799D8D

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

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