#796d8e

Color #796d8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#796d8e

RGB

rgb(121, 109, 142)

HSL

hsl(261.8, 13.1%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.8, 23.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(48.2, 11.64, -16.33)

LCH

lch(48.2, 20.05, 305.48)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.0521, 301.34)

HWB

hwb(261.8, 42.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#828e6d

Analogous

#6d728e

#796d8e

#896d8e

Triadic

#796d8e

#8e796d

#6d8e79

Split-complementary

#796d8e

#8e896d

#728e6d

Tetradic

#796d8e

#8e6d82

#828e6d

#6d8e79

Square

#796d8e

#8e6d72

#828e6d

#6d8e89

Shades

Color #796d8e mixed toward black.

#655b76

#51495f

#3c3747

#28242f

#141218

Tints

Color #796d8e mixed toward white.

#8f85a1

#a69db4

#bcb6c7

#d2ced9

#e9e7ec

Tones

Color #796d8e mixed toward gray.

#7a708b

#7a7388

#7b7586

#7c7883

#7d7b80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747487 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#757685 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#788180 · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 15.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #796d8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796d8e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#796d8e (#796d8e) is rgb(121, 109, 142) in RGB.

No, #796d8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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