#79A0AC#79A0AC

#79A0AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.046 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A0AC
RGB	rgb(121, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -10.35, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 14.77, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0359 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.046 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9000, 32.1838, 43.7637)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A0AC #AC8579

analogous

#79AC9F #79A0AC #7986AC

triadic

#79A0AC #AC79A0 #A0AC79

tetradic

#79A0AC #9F79AC #AC8579 #86AC79

square

#79A0AC #9F79AC #AC8579 #86AC79

split-complementary

#79A0AC #AC7986 #AC9F79

monochromatic

#416069 #59828F #79A0AC #9FBBC3 #C5D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#79A0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#79A0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A0AC

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A0AC	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.046 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bcc4',
    500: '#79a0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a0ac;
$custom-light: #a1bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 23.502,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68128,
    "c": 0.04603,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A0AC

secondary

#CBBBB6

accent

#7D68C0

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F6F8

border

#CDD0D1

text

#0F1212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A0AC

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

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