#798E9B#798E9B

#798E9B is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.031 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798E9B
RGB	rgb(121, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(203, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -4.51, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 10.41, 244.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0177 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.031 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4729, 25.7768, 34.7427)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798E9B #9B8679

analogous

#799B97 #798E9B #797D9B

triadic

#798E9B #9B798E #8E9B79

tetradic

#798E9B #97799B #9B8679 #7D9B79

square

#798E9B #97799B #9B8679 #7D9B79

split-complementary

#798E9B #9B797D #9B9779

monochromatic

#424F58 #5C6F7B #798E9B #9CACB5 #BFC9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#798E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#798E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798E9B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798E9B	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#709192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.031 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0afb8',
    500: '#798e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798e9b;
$custom-light: #a0afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63463,
    "c": 0.03104,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798E9B

secondary

#BFB6B1

accent

#8C70B7

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #798E9B

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

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