#799D99#799D99

#799D99 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.040 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799D99
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -13.20, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 13.35, 188.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0397 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.04 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6902, 30.4778, 34.6600)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799D99 #9D797D

analogous

#799D87 #799D99 #798F9D

triadic

#799D99 #99799D #9D9979

tetradic

#799D99 #87799D #9D797D #8F9D79

square

#799D99 #87799D #9D797D #8F9D79

split-complementary

#799D99 #9D798F #9D8779

monochromatic

#425A57 #5C7D79 #799D99 #9CB7B4 #C0D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#799D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#799D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799D99

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799D99	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.040 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bab7',
    500: '#799d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799d99;
$custom-light: #a0bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.04007,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799D99

secondary

#C1B1B3

accent

#7078B8

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #799D99

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

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