#796d79

Color #796d79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#796d79

RGB

rgb(121, 109, 121)

HSL

hsl(300, 5.2%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 9.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(47.47, 7.04, -4.94)

LCH

lch(47.47, 8.6, 324.94)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.0234, 325.97)

HWB

hwb(300, 42.7%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d796d

Analogous

#736d79

#796d79

#796d73

Triadic

#796d79

#79796d

#6d7979

Split-complementary

#796d79

#73796d

#6d7973

Tetradic

#796d79

#796d6d

#6d796d

#6d7979

Square

#796d79

#79736d

#6d796d

#6d7379

Shades

Color #796d79 mixed toward black.

#655b65

#514951

#3c373c

#282428

#141214

Tints

Color #796d79 mixed toward white.

#908490

#a79da7

#bdb5bd

#d3ced3

#e9e6e9

Tones

Color #796d79 mixed toward gray.

#786e78

#776f77

#767076

#757175

#747274

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.28:1

White text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747476 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#757676 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#787473 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #796d79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796d79]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#796d79 (#796d79) is rgb(121, 109, 121) in RGB.

No, #796d79 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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