#799eef

Color #799eef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#799eef

RGB

rgb(121, 158, 239)

HSL

hsl(221.2, 78.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.2, 49.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 33.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(65.55, 9.19, -44.6)

LCH

lch(65.55, 45.54, 281.64)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.1261, 264.72)

HWB

hwb(221.2, 47.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efca79

Analogous

#79d9ef

#799eef

#8f79ef

Triadic

#799eef

#ef799e

#9eef79

Split-complementary

#799eef

#ef8f79

#d9ef79

Tetradic

#799eef

#ca79ef

#efca79

#9eef79

Square

#799eef

#ef79d9

#efca79

#79ef8f

Shades

Color #799eef mixed toward black.

#4377e9

#1a55d6

#1340a1

#0d2a6b

#061536

Tints

Color #799eef mixed toward white.

#8faef2

#a6bef4

#bccff7

#d2dffa

#e9effc

Tones

Color #799eef mixed toward gray.

#83a2e5

#8da5db

#97a9d2

#a0adc8

#aab0be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bdf · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#8885db · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#7bd1ce · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #799eef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799eef]

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

#799eef (#799eef) is rgb(121, 158, 239) in RGB.

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

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