#799CA3#799CA3

#799CA3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.040 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799CA3
RGB	rgb(121, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(190, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, -10.35, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 12.84, 216.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0341 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.04 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3825, 30.4851, 39.1374)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799CA3 #A38079

analogous

#79A395 #799CA3 #7987A3

triadic

#799CA3 #A3799C #9CA379

tetradic

#799CA3 #9579A3 #A38079 #87A379

square

#799CA3 #9579A3 #A38079 #87A379

split-complementary

#799CA3 #A37987 #A39579

monochromatic

#425B60 #5B7D84 #799CA3 #9DB7BC #C2D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#799CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#799CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799CA3

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799CA3	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C9F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.040 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b9be',
    500: '#799ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ca3;
$custom-light: #a0b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 18.584,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66905,
    "c": 0.03992,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799CA3

secondary

#C5B6B3

accent

#7A6DBB

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #799CA3

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

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