#799D9B#799D9B

#799D9B is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.040 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799D9B
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(177, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -12.75, -3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 13.10, 193.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0388 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.04 192)
XYZ	xyz(25.8567, 30.5444, 35.5373)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799D9B #9D797B

analogous

#799D89 #799D9B #798D9D

triadic

#799D9B #9B799D #9D9B79

tetradic

#799D9B #89799D #9D797B #8D9D79

square

#799D9B #89799D #9D797B #8D9D79

split-complementary

#799D9B #9D798D #9D8979

monochromatic

#425A59 #5C7D7B #799D9B #9CB7B5 #C0D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#799D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#799D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799D9B

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799D9B	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99999B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.040 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bab8',
    500: '#799d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799d9b;
$custom-light: #a0bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66867,
    "c": 0.03972,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.30545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799D9B

secondary

#C1B1B2

accent

#7074B8

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #799D9B

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

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