#796a80

Color #796a80

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#796a80

RGB

rgb(121, 106, 128)

HSL

hsl(280.9, 9.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.9, 17.2%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(46.88, 10.3, -10)

LCH

lch(46.88, 14.36, 315.85)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.0381, 315.11)

HWB

hwb(280.9, 41.6%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71806a

Analogous

#6e6a80

#796a80

#806a7c

Triadic

#796a80

#80796a

#6a8079

Split-complementary

#796a80

#7c806a

#6a806e

Tetradic

#796a80

#806a71

#71806a

#6a8079

Square

#796a80

#806e6a

#71806a

#6a7c80

Shades

Color #796a80 mixed toward black.

#65586b

#514755

#3d3540

#28232b

#141215

Tints

Color #796a80 mixed toward white.

#908197

#a69aac

#bcb4c1

#d3cdd5

#e9e6ea

Tones

Color #796a80 mixed toward gray.

#786c7e

#786e7c

#77707b

#767179

#767377

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73737b · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#74757a · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#787776 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #796a80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796a80]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#796a80 (#796a80) is rgb(121, 106, 128) in RGB.

No, #796a80 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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