#796d7f

Color #796d7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#796d7f

RGB

rgb(121, 109, 127)

HSL

hsl(280, 7.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 14.2%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(47.67, 8.29, -8.22)

LCH

lch(47.67, 11.67, 315.24)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.031, 314.48)

HWB

hwb(280, 42.7%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#737f6d

Analogous

#706d7f

#796d7f

#7f6d7c

Triadic

#796d7f

#7f796d

#6d7f79

Split-complementary

#796d7f

#7c7f6d

#6d7f70

Tetradic

#796d7f

#7f6d73

#737f6d

#6d7f79

Square

#796d7f

#7f706d

#737f6d

#6d7c7f

Shades

Color #796d7f mixed toward black.

#655b6a

#514955

#3d3740

#28242a

#141215

Tints

Color #796d7f mixed toward white.

#908496

#a69dab

#bcb5c0

#d3ced5

#e9e6ea

Tones

Color #796d7f mixed toward gray.

#796f7e

#78707c

#78727b

#777379

#777578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.31:1

White text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#74747b · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#75767a · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#787877 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #796d7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796d7f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#796d7f (#796d7f) is rgb(121, 109, 127) in RGB.

No, #796d7f 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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