#799DA8#799DA8

#799DA8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.043 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799DA8
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -9.70, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 13.76, 225.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0335 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.043 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0078, 31.0048, 41.5997)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799DA8 #A88479

analogous

#79A89C #799DA8 #7986A8

triadic

#799DA8 #A8799D #9DA879

tetradic

#799DA8 #9C79A8 #A88479 #86A879

square

#799DA8 #9C79A8 #A88479 #86A879

split-complementary

#799DA8 #A87986 #A89C79

monochromatic

#425D65 #5A7F8A #799DA8 #9EB8C0 #C3D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#799DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#799DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799DA8

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799DA8	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.043 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bac1',
    500: '#799da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799da8;
$custom-light: #a1bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67306,
    "c": 0.04277,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799DA8

secondary

#C8B9B5

accent

#7E6ABE

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F3F6F7

border

#CDD0D0

text

#0F1112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #799DA8

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

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