#799EB2#799EB2

#799EB2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.050 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#799EB2
RGBrgb(121, 158, 178)
HSLhsl(201, 27%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 32%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.12, -7.77, -14.47)
CIE-LCHlch(63.12, 16.42, 241.77°)
OKLaboklab(67.9% -0.0309 -0.0396)
OKLCHoklch(67.9% 0.05 232.1)
XYZxyz(28.1454, 31.7317, 46.7527)
Luminance0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#799EB2 #B28D79
analogous
#79B2A9 #799EB2 #7981B2
triadic
#799EB2 #B2799E #9EB279
tetradic
#799EB2 #A979B2 #B28D79 #81B279
square
#799EB2 #A979B2 #B28D79 #81B279
split-complementary
#799EB2 #B27981 #B2A979
monochromatic
#405F70 #578097 #799EB2 #A0BAC8 #C7D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86
#799EB2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35
#799EB2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799EB2
7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##799EB2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##799EB21.002.867.357.35
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3521.001.001.00
##0000007.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#949DB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C96B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#66A4A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #799eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.050 232.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bac9',
    500: '#799eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #799eb2;
$custom-light: #a1bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#799eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 27.014,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67896,
    "c": 0.05025,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#799EB2
secondary
#CFC0B8
accent
#8664C3
background
#FAFBFC
surface
#F3F6F8
border
#CDD0D1
text
#0F1113
muted
#7F8082

Preview Lab

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#799EB2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva