#72796d

Color #72796d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.42 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#72796d

RGB

rgb(114, 121, 109)

HSL

hsl(95, 5.2%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(95, 9.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 9.9%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(49.93, -5.03, 5.68)

LCH

lch(49.93, 7.59, 131.53)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.0199, 131.94)

HWB

hwb(95, 42.7%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#746d79

Analogous

#78796d

#72796d

#6d796e

Triadic

#72796d

#6d7279

#796d72

Split-complementary

#72796d

#6e6d79

#796d78

Tetradic

#72796d

#6d7974

#746d79

#796d72

Square

#72796d

#6d7879

#746d79

#796e6d

Shades

Color #72796d mixed toward black.

#5f655b

#4c5149

#393c37

#262824

#131412

Tints

Color #72796d mixed toward white.

#899084

#a1a79d

#b8bdb5

#d0d3ce

#e7e9e6

Tones

Color #72796d mixed toward gray.

#72786e

#72776f

#737670

#737571

#737472

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black 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

#757570 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#757471 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#727273 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 7.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #72796d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72796d]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#72796d (#72796d) is rgb(114, 121, 109) in RGB.

No, #72796d 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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