#799E99#799E99

#799E99 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.041 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799E99
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -13.74, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 13.82, 186.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0411 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.041 186)
XYZ	xyz(25.8601, 30.8175, 34.7166)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799E99 #9E797E

analogous

#799E87 #799E99 #79919E

triadic

#799E99 #99799E #9E9979

tetradic

#799E99 #87799E #9E797E #919E79

square

#799E99 #87799E #9E797E #919E79

split-complementary

#799E99 #9E7991 #9E8779

monochromatic

#425B57 #5B7E7A #799E99 #9DB8B4 #C0D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#799E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#799E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799E99

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799E99	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.041 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bab7',
    500: '#799e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799e99;
$custom-light: #a0bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67033,
    "c": 0.04131,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.30819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799E99

secondary

#C1B2B4

accent

#6F79B9

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #799E99

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

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