All About Color #79969A

#79969A

About #79969A

#79969A is a medium cyan color with the hex code #79969A. In RGB it is red 121, green 150, blue 154; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 14%, lightness 54%; in CMYK it is 21%, 3%, 0%, 40%. Its contrast ratio is 3.16:1 on white and 6.64:1 on black.

#79969A Color Conversion

Hex triplet79, 96, 9A
CMYK21.43%, 2.60%, 0.00%, 39.61%
RGB Decimal121, 150, 154
HSL187°, 14%, 54%
RGB Octal171, 226, 232
HSV (HSB)187.27°, 21.43%, 60.39%
RGB Binary1111001, 10010110, 10011010
CIE-L*AB60.08, -9.18, -5.47
RGB Percent47.45%, 58.82%, 60.39%
CIE-L*CH60.08, 10.68, 210.77
XYZ24.62, 28.21, 34.72
CIE-L*UV60.08, -15.13, -6.49
xyY0.28, 0.32, 28.21
Hunter-Lab53.11, -10.19, -1.58
RYB47.45%, 53.50%, 60.39%

Color Accessibility Scores

#79969A on a dark background: contrast 6.64:1, passes WCAG AA.
#79969A on a light background: contrast 3.16:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #79969A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#79969A · #AEBFC2 · #4F6669 · #9A7D79 · #C2B0AE

Analogous palette

#799A7D · #799A8E · #79969A · #79869A · #7D799A

Triadic palette

#79969A · #9A7996 · #969A79 · #AEBFC2 · #C2AEBF

Tetradic palette

#79969A · #8E799A · #9A7D79 · #869A79 · #4F6669

Monochromatic palette

#354446 · #566E71 · #79969A · #A5B8BB · #D0DBDC

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