#799BD8#799BD8

#799BD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799BD8
RGB	rgb(121, 155, 216)
HSL	hsl(219, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(219, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 4.19, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 35.02, 276.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0142 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.098 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9972, 32.4636, 69.5325)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799BD8 #D8B679

analogous

#79CAD8 #799BD8 #8679D8

triadic

#799BD8 #D8799B #9BD879

tetradic

#799BD8 #D879CA #D8B679 #79D886

square

#799BD8 #D879CA #D8B679 #79D886

split-complementary

#799BD8 #D88679 #CAD879

monochromatic

#305BA6 #4A78CA #799BD8 #A8BEE6 #D8E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#799BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#799BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799BD8

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799BD8	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 155, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4b8e4',
    500: '#799bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799bd8;
$custom-light: #a4b8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.526,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68846,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799BD8

secondary

#E6DBC7

accent

#8923C2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799BD8

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

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