#799BC9#799BC9

#799BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.078 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799BC9
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(215, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(215, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -0.02, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 27.37, 269.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0188 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.078 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1458, 31.7231, 59.7817)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799BC9 #C9A779

analogous

#79C3C9 #799BC9 #7F79C9

triadic

#799BC9 #C9799B #9BC979

tetradic

#799BC9 #C979C3 #C9A779 #79C97F

square

#799BC9 #C979C3 #C9A779 #79C97F

split-complementary

#799BC9 #C97F79 #C3C979

monochromatic

#395D8E #4D7AB7 #799BC9 #A5BCDB #D0DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#799BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#799BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799BC9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799BC9	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)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.078 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2b8d9',
    500: '#799bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799bc9;
$custom-light: #a2b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.5,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68166,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799BC9

secondary

#DDD1C1

accent

#7D30B6

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799BC9

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

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