#79909F#79909F

#79909F is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.035 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79909F
RGB	rgb(121, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(204, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -4.68, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 11.61, 246.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.019 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.035 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1147, 26.5139, 36.6413)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79909F #9F8879

analogous

#799F9B #79909F #797D9F

triadic

#79909F #9F7990 #909F79

tetradic

#79909F #9B799F #9F8879 #7D9F79

square

#79909F #9B799F #9F8879 #7D9F79

split-complementary

#79909F #9F797D #9F9B79

monochromatic

#42525C #5B717F #79909F #9DAEB9 #C0CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#79909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#79909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79909F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79909F	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#898FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.035 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b0bb',
    500: '#79909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79909f;
$custom-light: #a0b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 16.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64055,
    "c": 0.03459,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79909F

secondary

#C2B8B2

accent

#8C6FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0F1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79909F

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

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