#799DC8#799DC8

#799DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.075 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799DC8
RGB	rgb(121, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(213, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -1.42, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 26.05, 266.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0217 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.075 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3641, 32.3474, 59.2761)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799DC8 #C8A479

analogous

#79C5C8 #799DC8 #7C79C8

triadic

#799DC8 #C8799D #9DC879

tetradic

#799DC8 #C879C5 #C8A479 #79C87C

square

#799DC8 #C879C5 #C8A479 #79C87C

split-complementary

#799DC8 #C87C79 #C5C879

monochromatic

#3A608D #4E7DB6 #799DC8 #A4BDDA #D0DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#799DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#799DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799DC8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799DC8	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EA7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.075 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2b9d8',
    500: '#799dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799dc8;
$custom-light: #a2b9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.658,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68558,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799DC8

secondary

#DDD0C0

accent

#7931B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799DC8

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

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