#799EC8#799EC8

#799EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.075 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799EC8
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(212, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -1.99, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 25.66, 265.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.023 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.075 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5340, 32.6871, 59.3327)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799EC8 #C8A379

analogous

#79C5C8 #799EC8 #7B79C8

triadic

#799EC8 #C8799E #9EC879

tetradic

#799EC8 #C879C5 #C8A379 #79C87B

square

#799EC8 #C879C5 #C8A379 #79C87B

split-complementary

#799EC8 #C87B79 #C5C879

monochromatic

#3A618D #4E7FB6 #799EC8 #A4BDDA #D0DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#799EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#799EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799EC8

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799EC8	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8597C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.075 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bad8',
    500: '#799ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ec8;
$custom-light: #a2bad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.899,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68776,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799EC8

secondary

#DDCFC0

accent

#7731B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799EC8

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

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