#799ED9#799ED9

#799ED9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.097 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799ED9
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 217)
HSL	hsl(217, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(217, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 2.76, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 34.10, 274.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0176 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.097 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6323, 33.5264, 70.3839)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799ED9 #D9B479

analogous

#79CED9 #799ED9 #8479D9

triadic

#799ED9 #D9799E #9ED979

tetradic

#799ED9 #D979CE #D9B479 #79D984

square

#799ED9 #D979CE #D9B479 #79D984

split-complementary

#799ED9 #D98479 #CED979

monochromatic

#305EA8 #497BCB #799ED9 #A9C1E7 #D8E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#799ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#799ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799ED9

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799ED9	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.097 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bae5',
    500: '#799ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ed9;
$custom-light: #a4bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.875,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69532,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799ED9

secondary

#E7DAC7

accent

#8522C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #799ED9

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

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