#5f7979

Color #5f7979

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5f7979

RGB

rgb(95, 121, 121)

HSL

hsl(180, 12%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 21.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(48.87, -9.36, -3.1)

LCH

lch(48.87, 9.86, 198.32)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0301, 196.39)

HWB

hwb(180, 37.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#795f5f

Analogous

#5f796c

#5f7979

#5f6c79

Triadic

#5f7979

#795f79

#79795f

Split-complementary

#5f7979

#795f6c

#796c5f

Tetradic

#5f7979

#5f5f79

#795f5f

#79795f

Square

#5f7979

#6c5f79

#795f5f

#6c795f

Shades

Color #5f7979 mixed toward black.

#4f6565

#3f5151

#303d3d

#202828

#101414

Tints

Color #5f7979 mixed toward white.

#769393

#91a9a9

#adbebe

#c8d4d4

#e4e9e9

Tones

Color #5f7979 mixed toward gray.

#617777

#637575

#667373

#687070

#6a6e6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b79 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#6a6879 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#617979 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f7979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f7979]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#5f7979 (#5f7979) is rgb(95, 121, 121) in RGB.

No, #5f7979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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