#70797a

Color #70797a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.97 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#70797a

RGB

rgb(112, 121, 122)

HSL

hsl(186, 4.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 8.2%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(50.13, -3.14, -1.7)

LCH

lch(50.13, 3.57, 208.43)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0109, 204.92)

HWB

hwb(186, 43.9%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7170

Analogous

#707a76

#70797a

#70747a

Triadic

#70797a

#7a7079

#797a70

Split-complementary

#70797a

#7a7074

#7a7670

Tetradic

#70797a

#71707a

#7a7170

#797a70

Square

#70797a

#76707a

#7a7170

#747a70

Shades

Color #70797a mixed toward black.

#5d6566

#4b5151

#383d3d

#252829

#131414

Tints

Color #70797a mixed toward white.

#879091

#9fa6a7

#b7bcbd

#cfd3d3

#e7e9e9

Tones

Color #70797a mixed toward gray.

#717879

#727878

#737778

#737677

#747676

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#74747a · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#73737a · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#707a7a · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 4.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #70797a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70797a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#70797a (#70797a) is rgb(112, 121, 122) in RGB.

No, #70797a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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