#799ad3

Color #799ad3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.09 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#799ad3

RGB

rgb(121, 154, 211)

HSL

hsl(218, 50.6%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 42.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 27%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(63.24, 3.34, -32.74)

LCH

lch(63.24, 32.91, 275.82)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0925, 261.05)

HWB

hwb(218, 47.5%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3b279

Analogous

#79c7d3

#799ad3

#8579d3

Triadic

#799ad3

#d3799a

#9ad379

Split-complementary

#799ad3

#d38579

#c7d379

Tetradic

#799ad3

#b279d3

#d3b279

#9ad379

Square

#799ad3

#d379c7

#d3b279

#79d385

Shades

Color #799ad3 mixed toward black.

#4f7bc5

#3760a7

#29487d

#1b3053

#0e182a

Tints

Color #799ad3 mixed toward white.

#8fabda

#a6bce2

#bccce9

#d2ddf0

#e9eef8

Tones

Color #799ad3 mixed toward gray.

#809ccc

#889ec4

#8fa0bd

#97a2b5

#9ea4ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989c7 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#8784c4 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#7bbdbb · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799ad3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799ad3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#799ad3 (#799ad3) is rgb(121, 154, 211) in RGB.

No, #799ad3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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