#799DAD#799DAD

#799DAD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.046 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799DAD
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -8.47, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 14.96, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0315 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.046 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4826, 31.1948, 44.1002)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799DAD #AD8979

analogous

#79ADA3 #799DAD #7983AD

triadic

#799DAD #AD799D #9DAD79

tetradic

#799DAD #A379AD #AD8979 #83AD79

square

#799DAD #A379AD #AD8979 #83AD79

split-complementary

#799DAD #AD7983 #ADA379

monochromatic

#415E6A #587F90 #799DAD #9FB9C4 #C5D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#799DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#799DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799DAD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799DAD	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.046 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bac5',
    500: '#799dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799dad;
$custom-light: #a1bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67486,
    "c": 0.04613,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799DAD

secondary

#CBBDB6

accent

#8367C1

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F6F8

border

#CDD0D1

text

#0F1112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #799DAD

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

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