#79696f

Color #79696f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium pink.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#79696f

RGB

rgb(121, 105, 111)

HSL

hsl(337.5, 7.1%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(337.5, 13.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 8.3%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(46.06, 7.44, -1.02)

LCH

lch(46.06, 7.51, 352.19)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0221, 353.23)

HWB

hwb(337.5, 41.2%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#697973

Analogous

#796977

#79696f

#796b69

Triadic

#79696f

#6f7969

#696f79

Split-complementary

#79696f

#69796b

#697779

Tetradic

#79696f

#797369

#697973

#696f79

Square

#79696f

#777969

#697973

#6b6979

Shades

Color #79696f mixed toward black.

#65575c

#51464a

#3c3437

#282325

#141112

Tints

Color #79696f mixed toward white.

#918087

#a79a9f

#bdb3b7

#d3cccf

#e9e6e7

Tones

Color #79696f mixed toward gray.

#786a6f

#766c70

#756d70

#746e70

#727071

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72726e · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#73746d · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#786c6c · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79696f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79696f]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#79696f (#79696f) is rgb(121, 105, 111) in RGB.

No, #79696f 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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