#799DB3#799DB3

#799DB3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.051 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799DB3
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -6.97, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 16.91, 245.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0292 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.051 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0763, 31.4322, 47.2267)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799DB3 #B38F79

analogous

#79B3AC #799DB3 #7980B3

triadic

#799DB3 #B3799D #9DB379

tetradic

#799DB3 #AC79B3 #B38F79 #80B379

square

#799DB3 #AC79B3 #B38F79 #80B379

split-complementary

#799DB3 #B37980 #B3AC79

monochromatic

#405F71 #567F98 #799DB3 #A0BAC9 #C7D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#799DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#799DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799DB3

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799DB3	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.051 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1b9c9',
    500: '#799db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799db3;
$custom-light: #a1b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6771,
    "c": 0.05133,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799DB3

secondary

#CFC1B8

accent

#8864C4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F6F8

border

#CDD0D1

text

#0F1113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #799DB3

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

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