#799EE9#799EE9

#799EE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799EE9
RGB	rgb(121, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(220, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(220, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 7.41, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 42.39, 280.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0131 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.118 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8152, 34.3996, 81.8802)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799EE9 #E9C479

analogous

#79D6E9 #799EE9 #8C79E9

triadic

#799EE9 #E9799E #9EE979

tetradic

#799EE9 #E979D6 #E9C479 #79E98C

square

#799EE9 #E979D6 #E9C479 #79E98C

split-complementary

#799EE9 #E98C79 #D6E979

monochromatic

#2158C7 #4478E0 #799EE9 #AEC4F2 #E2EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#799EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#799EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799EE9

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799EE9	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AAEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5baf0',
    500: '#799ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799ee9;
$custom-light: #a5baf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.179,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70301,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799EE9

secondary

#EFE4CF

accent

#9412D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #799EE9

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

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