#799BB9#799BB9

#799BB9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.058 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799BB9
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(208, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -4.31, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 19.80, 257.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0243 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.058 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3607, 31.0090, 50.3805)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799BB9 #B99779

analogous

#79B9B7 #799BB9 #797BB9

triadic

#799BB9 #B9799B #9BB979

tetradic

#799BB9 #B779B9 #B99779 #7BB979

square

#799BB9 #B779B9 #B99779 #7BB979

split-complementary

#799BB9 #B9797B #B9B779

monochromatic

#3F5E79 #547DA1 #799BB9 #A1B9CE #C9D7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#799BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#799BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799BB9

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799BB9	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8794B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.058 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1b8ce',
    500: '#799bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799bb9;
$custom-light: #a1b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.125,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67498,
    "c": 0.05846,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799BB9

secondary

#D3C6BB

accent

#9160C8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #799BB9

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

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