#799CE5#799CE5

#799CE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799CE5
RGB	rgb(121, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(221, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(221, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 7.38, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 41.32, 280.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0118 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.115 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9119, 33.4969, 78.7921)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799CE5 #E5C279

analogous

#79D2E5 #799CE5 #8C79E5

triadic

#799CE5 #E5799C #9CE579

tetradic

#799CE5 #E579D2 #E5C279 #79E58C

square

#799CE5 #E579D2 #E5C279 #79E58C

split-complementary

#799CE5 #E58C79 #D2E579

monochromatic

#2557BF #4676DB #799CE5 #ACC2EF #E0E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#799CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#799CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799CE5

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799CE5	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5b8ed',
    500: '#799ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ce5;
$custom-light: #a5b8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.556,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69684,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799CE5

secondary

#EDE3CD

accent

#9316CF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #799CE5

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

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