#79939B#79939B

#79939B is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.032 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79939B
RGB	rgb(121, 147, 155)
HSL	hsl(194, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -7.30, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 10.29, 224.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0249 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.032 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2336, 27.2981, 34.9962)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79939B #9B8179

analogous

#799B92 #79939B #79829B

triadic

#79939B #9B7993 #939B79

tetradic

#79939B #92799B #9B8179 #829B79

square

#79939B #92799B #9B8179 #829B79

split-complementary

#79939B #9B7982 #9B9279

monochromatic

#425358 #5C747B #79939B #9CAFB5 #BFCBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#79939B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#79939B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79939B

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79939B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79939B	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79939b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 147, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.032 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b2b8',
    500: '#79939b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79939b;
$custom-light: #a0b2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79939b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64588,
    "c": 0.03172,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79939B

secondary

#BFB4B1

accent

#8170B7

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F5F6

border

#CCCFD0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #79939B

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

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