#799CD8#799CD8

#799CD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.097 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799CD8
RGB	rgb(121, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(218, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 3.62, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 34.54, 276.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0154 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.097 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1643, 32.7978, 69.5882)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799CD8 #D8B579

analogous

#79CBD8 #799CD8 #8579D8

triadic

#799CD8 #D8799C #9CD879

tetradic

#799CD8 #D879CB #D8B579 #79D885

square

#799CD8 #D879CB #D8B579 #79D885

split-complementary

#799CD8 #D88579 #CBD879

monochromatic

#305CA6 #4A79CA #799CD8 #A8BFE6 #D8E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#799CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#799CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799CD8

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799CD8	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55A9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.097 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4b9e4',
    500: '#799cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799cd8;
$custom-light: #a4b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799CD8

secondary

#E6DBC7

accent

#8823C2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799CD8

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

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