#79949C#79949C

#79949C is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.033 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79949C
RGB	rgb(121, 148, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -7.62, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 10.59, 224.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0259 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.033 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4741, 27.6442, 35.4924)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79949C #9C8179

analogous

#799C93 #79949C #79839C

triadic

#79949C #9C7994 #949C79

tetradic

#79949C #93799C #9C8179 #839C79

square

#79949C #93799C #9C8179 #839C79

split-complementary

#79949C #9C7983 #9C9379

monochromatic

#425459 #5C757C #79949C #9CB0B6 #BFCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#79949C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#79949C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79949C

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79949C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79949C	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79949c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 148, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.033 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b3b9',
    500: '#79949c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79949c;
$custom-light: #a0b3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79949c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 15.021,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64849,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79949C

secondary

#C0B4B1

accent

#8070B8

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #79949C

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

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