#799EC9#799EC9

#799EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.076 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799EC9
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -1.71, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 26.14, 266.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0226 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.076 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6512, 32.7340, 59.9502)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799EC9 #C9A479

analogous

#79C6C9 #799EC9 #7C79C9

triadic

#799EC9 #C9799E #9EC979

tetradic

#799EC9 #C979C6 #C9A479 #79C97C

square

#799EC9 #C979C6 #C9A479 #79C97C

split-complementary

#799EC9 #C97C79 #C6C979

monochromatic

#39618E #4D7EB7 #799EC9 #A5BEDB #D0DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#799EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#799EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799EC9

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799EC9	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DA8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.076 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bad9',
    500: '#799ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ec9;
$custom-light: #a2bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.25,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68819,
    "c": 0.07577,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799EC9

secondary

#DDD0C1

accent

#7830B6

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#0F1114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799EC9

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

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