#79909E#79909E

#79909E is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.034 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79909E
RGB	rgb(121, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -4.92, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 11.24, 244.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0194 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.034 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0282, 26.4793, 36.1861)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79909E #9E8779

analogous

#799E9A #79909E #797E9E

triadic

#79909E #9E7990 #909E79

tetradic

#79909E #9A799E #9E8779 #7E9E79

square

#79909E #9A799E #9E8779 #7E9E79

split-complementary

#79909E #9E797E #9E9A79

monochromatic

#42515B #5B717E #79909E #9DADB8 #C0CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#79909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#79909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79909E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79909E	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.034 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b0ba',
    500: '#79909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79909e;
$custom-light: #a0b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64019,
    "c": 0.03364,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79909E

secondary

#C1B8B2

accent

#8B6FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0F1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79909E

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