#796f79

Color #796f79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.02 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#796f79

RGB

rgb(121, 111, 121)

HSL

hsl(300, 4.3%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 8.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(48.03, 5.85, -4.12)

LCH

lch(48.03, 7.16, 324.84)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.0194, 325.9)

HWB

hwb(300, 43.5%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f796f

Analogous

#746f79

#796f79

#796f74

Triadic

#796f79

#79796f

#6f7979

Split-complementary

#796f79

#74796f

#6f7974

Tetradic

#796f79

#796f6f

#6f796f

#6f7979

Square

#796f79

#79746f

#6f796f

#6f7479

Shades

Color #796f79 mixed toward black.

#655d65

#514a51

#3d383d

#282528

#141314

Tints

Color #796f79 mixed toward white.

#908690

#a69ea6

#bdb7bd

#d3cfd3

#e9e7e9

Tones

Color #796f79 mixed toward gray.

#787078

#777177

#777277

#767276

#757375

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.36:1

White text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757577 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#757676 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#797574 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #796f79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796f79]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#796f79 (#796f79) is rgb(121, 111, 121) in RGB.

No, #796f79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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