#799EA9#799EA9

#799EA9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.044 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799EA9
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -10.00, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 14.03, 224.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0344 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.044 218)
XYZ	xyz(27.2712, 31.3820, 42.1488)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799EA9 #A98479

analogous

#79A99C #799EA9 #7986A9

triadic

#799EA9 #A9799E #9EA979

tetradic

#799EA9 #9C79A9 #A98479 #86A979

square

#799EA9 #9C79A9 #A98479 #86A979

split-complementary

#799EA9 #A97986 #A99C79

monochromatic

#425E66 #59808B #799EA9 #9EB9C1 #C4D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#799EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#799EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799EA9

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799EA9	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.044 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bac2',
    500: '#799ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ea9;
$custom-light: #a1bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67568,
    "c": 0.04368,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.31383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799EA9

secondary

#C9BAB5

accent

#7D69BE

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F3F6F7

border

#CDD0D0

text

#0F1112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #799EA9

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

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