#799FE5#799FE5

#799FE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#799FE5
RGB	rgb(121, 159, 229)
HSL	hsl(219, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(219, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 5.66, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 39.80, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0154 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.112 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4215, 34.5161, 78.9620)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#799FE5 #E5BF79

analogous

#79D5E5 #799FE5 #8979E5

triadic

#799FE5 #E5799F #9FE579

tetradic

#799FE5 #E579D5 #E5BF79 #79E589

square

#799FE5 #E579D5 #E5BF79 #79E589

split-complementary

#799FE5 #E58979 #D5E579

monochromatic

#255BBF #467ADB #799FE5 #ACC4EF #E0E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#799FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#799FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #799FE5

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##799FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##799FE5	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DAEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #799fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 159, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bbed',
    500: '#799fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #799fe5;
$custom-light: #a5bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#799fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.889,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#799FE5

secondary

#EDE2CD

accent

#8E16CF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #799FE5

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

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