#799fd5

Color #799fd5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#799fd5

RGB

rgb(121, 159, 213)

HSL

hsl(215.2, 52.3%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.2, 43.2%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(64.69, 1.06, -31.6)

LCH

lch(64.69, 31.62, 271.92)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0903, 257.21)

HWB

hwb(215.2, 47.5%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5af79

Analogous

#79cdd5

#799fd5

#8179d5

Triadic

#799fd5

#d5799f

#9fd579

Split-complementary

#799fd5

#d58179

#cdd579

Tetradic

#799fd5

#af79d5

#d5af79

#9fd579

Square

#799fd5

#d579cd

#d5af79

#79d581

Shades

Color #799fd5 mixed toward black.

#4f81c8

#3565aa

#284c7f

#1b3355

#0d192a

Tints

Color #799fd5 mixed toward white.

#8fafdc

#a6bfe3

#bccfea

#d2dff1

#e9eff8

Tones

Color #799fd5 mixed toward gray.

#81a0cd

#88a2c6

#90a3be

#98a4b6

#9fa6af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bca · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#8986c7 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#7bc0be · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799fd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799fd5]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#799fd5 (#799fd5) is rgb(121, 159, 213) in RGB.

No, #799fd5 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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