#799E97#799E97

#799E97 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.042 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799E97
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -14.18, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 14.19, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0419 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.042 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6963, 30.7520, 33.8540)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799E97 #9E7980

analogous

#799E85 #799E97 #79929E

triadic

#799E97 #97799E #9E9779

tetradic

#799E97 #85799E #9E7980 #929E79

square

#799E97 #85799E #9E7980 #929E79

split-complementary

#799E97 #9E7992 #9E8579

monochromatic

#425B56 #5B7E78 #799E97 #9DB8B3 #C0D1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#799E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#799E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799E97

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799E97	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.042 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bab5',
    500: '#799e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799e97;
$custom-light: #a0bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6697,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799E97

secondary

#C1B2B5

accent

#6F7DB9

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #799E97

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

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