Information about #799AAA color

#799AAA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #799AAA is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(121, 154, 170) — 47.5% red, 60.4% green, 66.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 19 / 6 / 0 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained azure, #799AAA sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Weldon Blue (#7C98AB). Nearby in the Register you will also find Grayish Cerulean (#7D9EA8) and Awash (#739CA9).

In RGB terms — rgb(121, 154, 170) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #799AAA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 3.0:1. #799AAA has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#799AAA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#799AAA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #799AAA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Weldon Blue color link
Weldon Blue

#7C98AB

Awash color link
Awash

#739CA9

Blue Moon color link
Blue Moon

#7296AB

Bali Hai color link
Bali Hai

#849CA9

Ashley Blue color link
Ashley Blue

#8699AB

Greyblue color link
Greyblue

#77A1B5

Ziggurat color link
Ziggurat

#81A6AA

Grayish Cyan color link
Grayish Cyan

#7DA8A8

Shadow Blue color link
Shadow Blue

#778BA5

Bluegrey color link
Bluegrey

#85A3B2

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#799AAA
  • RGB121, 154, 170
  • CMYK19, 6, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(121, 154, 170)
  • HSL200°, 22%, 57%
  • HSL Precise199.592°, 22.374%, 57.059%
  • HSV200°, 29%, 67%
  • HSB200°, 29%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • GLSLvec3(0.475, 0.604, 0.667)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.475, 0.604, 0.667, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.475, 0.604, 0.667)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID799AAA
  • DECIMAL ID7969450
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01