#79979E#79979E

#79979E is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.035 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79979E
RGB	rgb(121, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -8.80, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 11.32, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0293 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.035 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1215, 28.6658, 36.5506)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79979E #9E8079

analogous

#799E92 #79979E #79859E

triadic

#79979E #9E7997 #979E79

tetradic

#79979E #92799E #9E8079 #859E79

square

#79979E #92799E #9E8079 #859E79

split-complementary

#79979E #9E7985 #9E9279

monochromatic

#42565B #5B787E #79979E #9DB3B8 #C0CED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#79979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#79979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79979E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79979E	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B909E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.035 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b5ba',
    500: '#79979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79979e;
$custom-light: #a0b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65598,
    "c": 0.0351,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79979E

secondary

#C1B5B2

accent

#7D6FB9

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #79979E

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

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