#79969C#79969C

#79969C is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.034 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79969C
RGB	rgb(121, 150, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -8.72, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 10.88, 216.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0287 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.034 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7905, 28.2770, 35.5979)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79969C #9C7F79

analogous

#799C91 #79969C #79859C

triadic

#79969C #9C7996 #969C79

tetradic

#79969C #91799C #9C7F79 #859C79

square

#79969C #91799C #9C7F79 #859C79

split-complementary

#79969C #9C7985 #9C9179

monochromatic

#425559 #5C777C #79969C #9CB2B6 #BFCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#79969C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#79969C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79969C

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79969C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79969C	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79969c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 150, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.034 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b4b9',
    500: '#79969c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79969c;
$custom-light: #a0b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79969c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 15.021,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65302,
    "c": 0.0337,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79969C

secondary

#C0B4B1

accent

#7C70B8

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #79969C

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

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