#799ae4

Color #799ae4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#799ae4

RGB

rgb(121, 154, 228)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 66.5%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 46.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.9%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(63.98, 8.24, -41.02)

LCH

lch(63.98, 41.84, 281.36)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.1156, 265.19)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 47.5%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4c379

Analogous

#79cfe4

#799ae4

#8d79e4

Triadic

#799ae4

#e4799a

#9ae479

Split-complementary

#799ae4

#e48d79

#cfe479

Tetradic

#799ae4

#c379e4

#e4c379

#9ae479

Square

#799ae4

#e479cf

#e4c379

#79e48d

Shades

Color #799ae4 mixed toward black.

#4875da

#2757c2

#1d4191

#132b61

#0a1630

Tints

Color #799ae4 mixed toward white.

#8fabe9

#a6bced

#bcccf2

#d2ddf6

#e9eefb

Tones

Color #799ae4 mixed toward gray.

#829ddb

#8ba1d2

#94a4c9

#9da8c0

#a5abb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989d5 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#8784d1 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#7bc8c5 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799ae4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799ae4]

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

#799ae4 (#799ae4) is rgb(121, 154, 228) in RGB.

No, #799ae4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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