#799CB3#799CB3

#799CB3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.052 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799CB3
RGB	rgb(121, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(204, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -6.41, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 17.09, 247.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0278 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.052 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9078, 31.0952, 47.1706)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799CB3 #B39079

analogous

#79B3AD #799CB3 #797FB3

triadic

#799CB3 #B3799C #9CB379

tetradic

#799CB3 #AD79B3 #B39079 #7FB379

square

#799CB3 #AD79B3 #B39079 #7FB379

split-complementary

#799CB3 #B3797F #B3AD79

monochromatic

#405E71 #567E98 #799CB3 #A0B9C9 #C7D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#799CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#799CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799CB3

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799CB3	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A95B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.052 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1b9c9',
    500: '#799cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799cb3;
$custom-light: #a1b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67486,
    "c": 0.05158,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799CB3

secondary

#CFC2B8

accent

#8A64C4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F6F8

border

#CDD0D1

text

#0F1113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #799CB3

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

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