#799CB4#799CB4

#799CB4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.053 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799CB4
RGB	rgb(121, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -6.16, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 17.47, 249.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0275 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.053 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0093, 31.1358, 47.7052)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799CB4 #B49179

analogous

#79B4AF #799CB4 #797FB4

triadic

#799CB4 #B4799C #9CB479

tetradic

#799CB4 #AF79B4 #B49179 #7FB479

square

#799CB4 #AF79B4 #B49179 #7FB479

split-complementary

#799CB4 #B4797F #B4AF79

monochromatic

#405E73 #567E9A #799CB4 #A0B9CA #C7D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#799CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#799CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799CB4

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799CB4	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A95B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.053 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1b9ca',
    500: '#799cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799cb4;
$custom-light: #a1b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67525,
    "c": 0.05259,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799CB4

secondary

#D0C2B9

accent

#8B63C5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F6F8

border

#CDD0D1

text

#0F1113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #799CB4

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

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