#799BC6#799BC6

#799BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.074 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799BC6
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(214, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(214, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -0.84, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 25.88, 268.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0198 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.074 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7963, 31.5833, 57.9413)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799BC6 #C6A479

analogous

#79C2C6 #799BC6 #7D79C6

triadic

#799BC6 #C6799B #9BC679

tetradic

#799BC6 #C679C2 #C6A479 #79C67D

square

#799BC6 #C679C2 #C6A479 #79C67D

split-complementary

#799BC6 #C67D79 #C2C679

monochromatic

#3B5E8A #4E7BB4 #799BC6 #A4BBD8 #CFDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#799BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#799BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799BC6

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799BC6	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8295C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.074 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2b8d7',
    500: '#799bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799bc6;
$custom-light: #a2b8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.506,
    "s": 40.314,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68036,
    "c": 0.07437,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799BC6

secondary

#DBCFBF

accent

#7A32B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799BC6

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

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