#799CD9#799CD9

#799CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.099 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799CD9
RGB	rgb(121, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 3.90, -34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 35.06, 276.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0151 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.099 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2940, 32.8497, 70.2711)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799CD9 #D9B679

analogous

#79CCD9 #799CD9 #8679D9

triadic

#799CD9 #D9799C #9CD979

tetradic

#799CD9 #D979CC #D9B679 #79D986

square

#799CD9 #D979CC #D9B679 #79D986

split-complementary

#799CD9 #D98679 #CCD979

monochromatic

#305CA8 #4979CB #799CD9 #A9BFE7 #D8E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#799CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#799CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799CD9

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799CD9	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55A9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.099 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4b9e5',
    500: '#799cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799cd9;
$custom-light: #a4b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.125,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799CD9

secondary

#E7DBC7

accent

#8922C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #799CD9

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

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