#799ed9

Color #799ed9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.02 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#799ed9

RGB

rgb(121, 158, 217)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 55.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 44.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(64.58, 2.76, -33.99)

LCH

lch(64.58, 34.1, 274.64)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0965, 259.49)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 47.5%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9b479

Analogous

#79ced9

#799ed9

#8479d9

Triadic

#799ed9

#d9799e

#9ed979

Split-complementary

#799ed9

#d98479

#ced979

Tetradic

#799ed9

#b479d9

#d9b479

#9ed979

Square

#799ed9

#d979ce

#d9b479

#79d984

Shades

Color #799ed9 mixed toward black.

#4d7ecd

#3262b0

#254a84

#193158

#0c192c

Tints

Color #799ed9 mixed toward white.

#8faedf

#a6bee6

#bccfec

#d2dff2

#e9eff9

Tones

Color #799ed9 mixed toward gray.

#81a0d1

#89a2c9

#91a4c1

#99a5b9

#a1a7b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bcd · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#8885ca · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#7bc2c0 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799ed9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799ed9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#799ed9 (#799ed9) is rgb(121, 158, 217) in RGB.

No, #799ed9 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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