#77979b

Color #77979b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#77979b

RGB

rgb(119, 151, 155)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 15.3%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 23.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(60.27, -10.14, -5.76)

LCH

lch(60.27, 11.66, 209.6)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.0361, 205.78)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 46.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b7b77

Analogous

#779b8d

#77979b

#77859b

Triadic

#77979b

#9b7797

#979b77

Split-complementary

#77979b

#9b7785

#9b8d77

Tetradic

#77979b

#7b779b

#9b7b77

#979b77

Square

#77979b

#8d779b

#9b7b77

#859b77

Shades

Color #77979b mixed toward black.

#618084

#4d6669

#3a4d4f

#273335

#131a1a

Tints

Color #77979b mixed toward white.

#8ea8ac

#a4babc

#bbcbcd

#d2dcde

#e8eeee

Tones

Color #77979b mixed toward gray.

#7a9598

#7d9295

#809092

#838e8f

#868b8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86869a · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#84829a · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#799999 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77979b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77979b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#77979b (#77979b) is rgb(119, 151, 155) in RGB.

No, #77979b 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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