#799fff

Color #799fff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.67 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#799fff

RGB

rgb(121, 159, 255)

HSL

hsl(223, 100%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223, 52.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.5%, 37.6%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(66.58, 13.45, -51.72)

LCH

lch(66.58, 53.44, 284.58)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.1467, 266.44)

HWB

hwb(223, 47.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffd979

Analogous

#79e2ff

#799fff

#9679ff

Triadic

#799fff

#ff799f

#9fff79

Split-complementary

#799fff

#ff9679

#e2ff79

Tetradic

#799fff

#d979ff

#ffd979

#9fff79

Square

#799fff

#ff79e2

#ffd979

#79ff96

Shades

Color #799fff mixed toward black.

#3a72ff

#0047fb

#0035bc

#00237d

#00123f

Tints

Color #799fff mixed toward white.

#8fafff

#a6bfff

#bccfff

#d2dfff

#e9efff

Tones

Color #799fff mixed toward gray.

#84a4f4

#8fa9e9

#9aaddd

#a6b2d2

#b1b7c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bec · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#8986e8 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#7bdcd8 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799fff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799fff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#799fff (#799fff) is rgb(121, 159, 255) in RGB.

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

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