#7899a3

Color #7899a3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.82 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7899a3

RGB

rgb(120, 153, 163)

HSL

hsl(194, 18.9%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194, 26.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(61.15, -9.03, -8.98)

LCH

lch(61.15, 12.74, 224.84)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0395, 218.21)

HWB

hwb(194, 47.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a38278

Analogous

#78a398

#7899a3

#7884a3

Triadic

#7899a3

#a37899

#99a378

Split-complementary

#7899a3

#a37884

#a39878

Tetradic

#7899a3

#8278a3

#a38278

#99a378

Square

#7899a3

#9878a3

#a38278

#84a378

Shades

Color #7899a3 mixed toward black.

#60828c

#4d6870

#394e54

#263438

#131a1c

Tints

Color #7899a3 mixed toward white.

#8faab2

#a5bbc2

#bcccd1

#d2dde0

#e9eef0

Tones

Color #7899a3 mixed toward gray.

#7c979f

#7f959c

#839398

#869195

#8a8f91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888a1 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#8683a0 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#7a9f9e · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7899a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7899a3]

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#7899a3 (#7899a3) is rgb(120, 153, 163) in RGB.

No, #7899a3 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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