#799AEE#799AEE

#799AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799AEE
RGB	rgb(121, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(223, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(223, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 11.20, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 47.15, 283.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0072 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.129 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8683, 33.3469, 85.4716)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799AEE #EECD79

analogous

#79D4EE #799AEE #9279EE

triadic

#799AEE #EE799A #9AEE79

tetradic

#799AEE #EE79D4 #EECD79 #79EE92

square

#799AEE #EE79D4 #EECD79 #79EE92

split-complementary

#799AEE #EE9279 #D4EE79

monochromatic

#1B4ED2 #4371E7 #799AEE #AFC3F5 #E4EBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#799AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#799AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799AEE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799AEE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6b7f4',
    500: '#799aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799aee;
$custom-light: #a6b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.077,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69726,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799AEE

secondary

#F1E8D1

accent

#A00CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #799AEE

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

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