#799ae2

Color #799ae2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#799ae2

RGB

rgb(121, 154, 226)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 64.4%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 46.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(63.89, 7.65, -40.06)

LCH

lch(63.89, 40.78, 280.81)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.113, 264.82)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 47.5%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2c179

Analogous

#79cfe2

#799ae2

#8c79e2

Triadic

#799ae2

#e2799a

#9ae279

Split-complementary

#799ae2

#e28c79

#cfe279

Tetradic

#799ae2

#c179e2

#e2c179

#9ae279

Square

#799ae2

#e279cf

#e2c179

#79e28c

Shades

Color #799ae2 mixed toward black.

#4976d8

#2958be

#1f428f

#152c5f

#0a1630

Tints

Color #799ae2 mixed toward white.

#8fabe7

#a6bcec

#bcccf0

#d2ddf5

#e9eefa

Tones

Color #799ae2 mixed toward gray.

#829dd9

#8aa0d0

#93a4c8

#9ca7bf

#a5aab6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989d3 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#8784d0 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#7bc7c4 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799ae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799ae2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#799ae2 (#799ae2) is rgb(121, 154, 226) in RGB.

No, #799ae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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