#637979

Color #637979

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#637979

RGB

rgb(99, 121, 121)

HSL

hsl(180, 10%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 18.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(49.14, -7.99, -2.67)

LCH

lch(49.14, 8.42, 198.48)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.0258, 196.46)

HWB

hwb(180, 38.8%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#796363

Analogous

#63796e

#637979

#636e79

Triadic

#637979

#796379

#797963

Split-complementary

#637979

#79636e

#796e63

Tetradic

#637979

#636379

#796363

#797963

Square

#637979

#6e6379

#796363

#6e7963

Shades

Color #637979 mixed toward black.

#526565

#425151

#313c3c

#212828

#101414

Tints

Color #637979 mixed toward white.

#7a9292

#95a8a8

#afbebe

#cad3d3

#e4e9e9

Tones

Color #637979 mixed toward gray.

#657777

#677575

#687373

#6a7272

#6c7070

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d79 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#6c6a79 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#647979 · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 9.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #637979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#637979]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#637979 (#637979) is rgb(99, 121, 121) in RGB.

No, #637979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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