#796f98

Color #796f98

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#796f98

RGB

rgb(121, 111, 152)

HSL

hsl(254.6, 16.6%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.6, 27%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 27%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(49.13, 12.82, -20.82)

LCH

lch(49.13, 24.45, 301.62)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.0634, 295.51)

HWB

hwb(254.6, 43.5%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e986f

Analogous

#6f7a98

#796f98

#8e6f98

Triadic

#796f98

#98796f

#6f9879

Split-complementary

#796f98

#988e6f

#7a986f

Tetradic

#796f98

#986f8e

#8e986f

#6f9879

Square

#796f98

#986f7a

#8e986f

#6f988e

Shades

Color #796f98 mixed toward black.

#645b80

#504966

#3c374d

#282533

#14121a

Tints

Color #796f98 mixed toward white.

#8f87a9

#a69fba

#bcb7cc

#d2cfdd

#e9e7ee

Tones

Color #796f98 mixed toward gray.

#7b7395

#7d7691

#7e798e

#807d8a

#828087

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#75758f · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#75768d · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#798887 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #796f98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796f98]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#796f98 (#796f98) is rgb(121, 111, 152) in RGB.

No, #796f98 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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