#799BC8#799BC8

#799BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.077 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799BC8
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(214, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -0.30, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 26.87, 269.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0191 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.077 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0285, 31.6762, 59.1642)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799BC8 #C8A679

analogous

#79C3C8 #799BC8 #7E79C8

triadic

#799BC8 #C8799B #9BC879

tetradic

#799BC8 #C879C3 #C8A679 #79C87E

square

#799BC8 #C879C3 #C8A679 #79C87E

split-complementary

#799BC8 #C87E79 #C3C879

monochromatic

#3A5E8D #4E7BB6 #799BC8 #A4BBDA #D0DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#799BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#799BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799BC8

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799BC8	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EA5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.077 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2b8d8',
    500: '#799bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799bc8;
$custom-light: #a2b8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.177,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68123,
    "c": 0.07694,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799BC8

secondary

#DDD0C0

accent

#7C31B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799BC8

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

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