#798CA9#798CA9

#798CA9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.049 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798CA9
RGB	rgb(121, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(216, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(216, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 0.04, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 17.53, 270.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0096 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.049 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4226, 25.6848, 41.1993)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798CA9 #A99679

analogous

#79A4A9 #798CA9 #7E79A9

triadic

#798CA9 #A9798C #8CA979

tetradic

#798CA9 #A979A4 #A99679 #79A97E

square

#798CA9 #A979A4 #A99679 #79A97E

split-complementary

#798CA9 #A97E79 #A4A979

monochromatic

#425066 #596D8B #798CA9 #9EACC1 #C4CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#798CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#798CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798CA9

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798CA9	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C9296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.049 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0adc2',
    500: '#798ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798ca9;
$custom-light: #a0adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.25,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63551,
    "c": 0.049,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798CA9

secondary

#C9C1B5

accent

#9D69BE

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F7

border

#CCCED0

text

#0F1012

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #798CA9

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

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