#799FB4#799FB4

#799FB4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.052 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#799FB4
RGBrgb(121, 159, 180)
HSLhsl(201, 28%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 33%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(32.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.47, -7.81, -15.06)
CIE-LCHlch(63.47, 16.97, 242.59°)
OKLaboklab(68.19% -0.0315 -0.0413)
OKLCHoklch(68.19% 0.052 232.7)
XYZxyz(28.5189, 32.1551, 47.8750)
Luminance0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#799FB4 #B48E79
analogous
#79B4AC #799FB4 #7982B4
triadic
#799FB4 #B4799F #9FB479
tetradic
#799FB4 #AC79B4 #B48E79 #82B479
square
#799FB4 #AC79B4 #B48E79 #82B479
split-complementary
#799FB4 #B47982 #B4AC79
monochromatic
#406173 #56829A #799FB4 #A0BBCA #C7D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83
#799FB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43
#799FB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799FB4
7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##799FB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##799FB41.002.837.437.43
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4321.001.001.00
##0000007.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#959EB5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D97B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#66A5A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #799fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.052 232.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bbca',
    500: '#799fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #799fb4;
$custom-light: #a1bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#799fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.356,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68195,
    "c": 0.05191,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#799FB4
secondary
#D0C1B9
accent
#8663C5
background
#FAFBFC
surface
#F3F6F8
border
#CDD0D1
text
#0F1113
muted
#7F8082

Preview Lab

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#799FB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva