#79909C#79909C

#79909C is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.032 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79909C
RGB	rgb(121, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(201, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -5.40, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 10.54, 239.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0202 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.032 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8575, 26.4110, 35.2869)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79909C #9C8579

analogous

#799C97 #79909C #797F9C

triadic

#79909C #9C7990 #909C79

tetradic

#79909C #97799C #9C8579 #7F9C79

square

#79909C #97799C #9C8579 #7F9C79

split-complementary

#79909C #9C797F #9C9779

monochromatic

#425159 #5C717C #79909C #9CADB6 #BFCAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#79909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#79909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79909C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79909C	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.032 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b0b9',
    500: '#79909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79909c;
$custom-light: #a0b0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 15.021,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63947,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79909C

secondary

#C0B6B1

accent

#8970B8

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79909C

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

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