#799fde

Color #799fde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#799fde

RGB

rgb(121, 159, 222)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 60.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 45.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(65.07, 3.63, -36)

LCH

lch(65.07, 36.18, 275.76)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1022, 260.25)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 47.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deb879

Analogous

#79d2de

#799fde

#8679de

Triadic

#799fde

#de799f

#9fde79

Split-complementary

#799fde

#de8679

#d2de79

Tetradic

#799fde

#b879de

#deb879

#9fde79

Square

#799fde

#de79d2

#deb879

#79de86

Shades

Color #799fde mixed toward black.

#4b7ed3

#2d61b8

#22498a

#17315c

#0b182e

Tints

Color #799fde mixed toward white.

#8fafe4

#a6bfe9

#bccfef

#d2dff4

#e9effa

Tones

Color #799fde mixed toward gray.

#82a1d6

#8aa3cd

#92a5c5

#9ba7bc

#a3aab4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bd1 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#8986ce · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#7bc6c3 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799fde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799fde]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#799fde (#799fde) is rgb(121, 159, 222) in RGB.

No, #799fde 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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