#79939D#79939D

#79939D is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.033 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79939D
RGB	rgb(121, 147, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -6.83, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 10.75, 230.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.024 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.033 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4030, 27.3659, 35.8881)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79939D #9D8379

analogous

#799D95 #79939D #79819D

triadic

#79939D #9D7993 #939D79

tetradic

#79939D #95799D #9D8379 #819D79

square

#79939D #95799D #9D8379 #819D79

split-complementary

#79939D #9D7981 #9D9579

monochromatic

#42535A #5C747D #79939D #9CAFB7 #C0CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#79939D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#79939D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79939D

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79939D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79939D	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79939d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 147, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.033 223.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79939d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64658,
    "c": 0.03298,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79939D

secondary

#C1B6B1

accent

#8470B8

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F5F6

border

#CCCFD0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #79939D

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

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