#79979F#79979F

#79979F is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.036 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79979F
RGB	rgb(121, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(193, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -8.57, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 11.48, 221.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0289 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.036 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2079, 28.7004, 37.0057)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79979F #9F8179

analogous

#799F94 #79979F #79849F

triadic

#79979F #9F7997 #979F79

tetradic

#79979F #94799F #9F8179 #849F79

square

#79979F #94799F #9F8179 #849F79

split-complementary

#79979F #9F7984 #9F9479

monochromatic

#42565C #5B787F #79979F #9DB3B9 #C0CED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#79979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#79979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79979F

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79979F	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B909F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.036 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b5bb',
    500: '#79979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79979f;
$custom-light: #a0b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 16.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65632,
    "c": 0.03557,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79979F

secondary

#C2B5B2

accent

#7E6FB9

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #79979F

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

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