#79858D#79858D

#79858D is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.019 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79858D
RGB	rgb(121, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(204, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -2.64, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 6.36, 245.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0102 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.019 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0793, 22.7627, 28.4772)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79858D #8D8179

analogous

#798D8B #79858D #797B8D

triadic

#79858D #8D7985 #858D79

tetradic

#79858D #8B798D #8D8179 #7B8D79

square

#79858D #8B798D #8D8179 #7B8D79

split-complementary

#79858D #8D797B #8D8B79

monochromatic

#40474B #5C666C #79858D #9AA3A9 #BBC1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#79858D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#79858D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79858D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79858D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79858D	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F828D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.019 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa8ae',
    500: '#79858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79858d;
$custom-light: #9fa8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60954,
    "c": 0.01862,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79858D

secondary

#B5B0AC

accent

#8E77B1

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79858D

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

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