#799EB3#799EB3

#799EB3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.051 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799EB3
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -7.52, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 16.76, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0305 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.051 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2461, 31.7720, 47.2834)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#799EB3 #B38E79

analogous

#79B3AB #799EB3 #7981B3

triadic

#799EB3 #B3799E #9EB379

tetradic

#799EB3 #AB79B3 #B38E79 #81B379

square

#799EB3 #AB79B3 #B38E79 #81B379

split-complementary

#799EB3 #B37981 #B3AB79

monochromatic

#406071 #568098 #799EB3 #A0BAC9 #C7D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#799EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#799EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799EB3

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799EB3	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.051 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bac9',
    500: '#799eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799eb3;
$custom-light: #a1bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.724,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67934,
    "c": 0.05115,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799EB3

secondary

#CFC1B8

accent

#8764C4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F6F8

border

#CDD0D1

text

#0F1113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #799EB3

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

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