#79939C#79939C

#79939C is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.032 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79939C
RGB	rgb(121, 147, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -7.07, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 10.51, 227.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0245 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.032 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3179, 27.3319, 35.4403)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79939C #9C8279

analogous

#799C94 #79939C #79829C

triadic

#79939C #9C7993 #939C79

tetradic

#79939C #94799C #9C8279 #829C79

square

#79939C #94799C #9C8279 #829C79

split-complementary

#79939C #9C7982 #9C9479

monochromatic

#425359 #5C747C #79939C #9CAFB6 #BFCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#79939C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#79939C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79939C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79939C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79939C	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79939c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 147, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.032 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b2b9',
    500: '#79939c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79939c;
$custom-light: #a0b2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79939c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 15.021,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64623,
    "c": 0.03232,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79939C

secondary

#C0B5B1

accent

#8270B8

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F5F6

border

#CCCFD0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #79939C

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

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