#799DC5#799DC5

#799DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.072 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799DC5
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(212, 40%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -2.24, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 24.62, 264.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0227 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.072 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0170, 32.2085, 57.4477)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799DC5 #C5A179

analogous

#79C3C5 #799DC5 #7B79C5

triadic

#799DC5 #C5799D #9DC579

tetradic

#799DC5 #C579C3 #C5A179 #79C57B

square

#799DC5 #C579C3 #C5A179 #79C57B

split-complementary

#799DC5 #C57B79 #C3C579

monochromatic

#3B6089 #4E7EB3 #799DC5 #A4BCD7 #CEDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#799DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#799DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799DC5

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799DC5	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8596C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FA6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.072 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2b9d6',
    500: '#799dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799dc5;
$custom-light: #a2b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68431,
    "c": 0.07154,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799DC5

secondary

#DBCEBF

accent

#7633B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799DC5

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

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