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#799BB8

#799bb8 ≈ Iceberg

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#799bb8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 60.78% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.24% cyan, 15.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 207.62°, with 30.73% saturation and 59.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Iceberg (#71a6d2), ΔE 5.12.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3097

Complementary

  1. #799bb8
  2. #b89679

Split complementary

  1. #799bb8
  2. #b8797b
  3. #b8b579

Analogous

  1. #79b8b5
  2. #799bb8
  3. #797bb8

Triadic

  1. #799bb8
  2. #b8799b
  3. #9bb879

Tetradic

  1. #799bb8
  2. #9679b8
  3. #b89679
  4. #9bb879

Square

  1. #799bb8
  2. #b579b8
  3. #b89679
  4. #7bb879

Monochromatic

  1. #354e63
  2. #4f7595
  3. #799bb8
  4. #abc0d2
  5. #dde6ed

Shades

#799bb8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #799bb8
  2. #6d8ca6
  3. #617c93
  4. #556d81
  5. #495d6e
  6. #3d4e5c
  7. #303e4a
  8. #242f37
  9. #181f25
  10. #0c1012
  11. #000000

Tints

#799bb8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #799bb8
  2. #86a5bf
  3. #94afc6
  4. #a1b9cd
  5. #afc3d4
  6. #bccddc
  7. #c9d7e3
  8. #d7e1ea
  9. #e4ebf1
  10. #f2f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#799bb8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #799bb8
  2. #7a98b2
  3. #7a96ad
  4. #7b93a7
  5. #7c90a2
  6. #7d8e9c
  7. #7d8b96
  8. #7e8891
  9. #7f858b
  10. #7f8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c99a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f9bb9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8794b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65a2a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #879bb9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8297b8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6d9fad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-799bb8 {
  color: #799bb8;
}
Background
.bg-799bb8 {
  background-color: #799bb8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-799bb8 {
  border: 2px solid #799bb8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #799bb8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 155 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 31% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-799bb8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #799bb8, #797bb8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-799bb8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 155 184 / 0.35);
}

#71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.12 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.56 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.76 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.36 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.55 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.67 #866447 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Iceberg
#799bb8  rgb(121, 155, 184)  hsl(208, 31%, 60%)  Iceberg
#b89679  rgb(184, 150, 121)  hsl(28, 31%, 60%)  Camel
#b8799b  rgb(184, 121, 155)  hsl(328, 31%, 60%)  Sky Magenta
#9bb879  rgb(155, 184, 121)  hsl(88, 31%, 60%)  Olivine