#799ED8#799ED8

#799ED8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.095 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799ED8
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 216)
HSL	hsl(217, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(217, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 2.48, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 33.59, 274.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0179 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.095 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5027, 33.4746, 69.7010)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#799ED8 #D8B379

analogous

#79CDD8 #799ED8 #8379D8

triadic

#799ED8 #D8799E #9ED879

tetradic

#799ED8 #D879CD #D8B379 #79D883

square

#799ED8 #D879CD #D8B379 #79D883

split-complementary

#799ED8 #D88379 #CDD879

monochromatic

#305EA6 #4A7CCA #799ED8 #A8C0E6 #D8E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#799ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#799ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799ED8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799ED8	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.095 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bae4',
    500: '#799ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ed8;
$custom-light: #a4bae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.632,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69486,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799ED8

secondary

#E6DAC7

accent

#8423C2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #799ED8

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

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