#797687

Color #797687

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.47 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#797687

RGB

rgb(121, 118, 135)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 6.7%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 12.6%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(50.42, 4.71, -8.85)

LCH

lch(50.42, 10.03, 298.02)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.026, 293.6)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 46.3%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#848776

Analogous

#767b87

#797687

#817687

Triadic

#797687

#877976

#768779

Split-complementary

#797687

#878176

#7b8776

Tetradic

#797687

#877684

#848776

#768779

Square

#797687

#87767b

#848776

#768781

Shades

Color #797687 mixed toward black.

#656270

#514f5a

#3d3b43

#28272d

#141416

Tints

Color #797687 mixed toward white.

#8f8d9b

#a6a4af

#bcbac3

#d2d1d7

#e9e8eb

Tones

Color #797687 mixed toward gray.

#7a7786

#7b7984

#7c7a83

#7d7c81

#7e7d80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787883 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#787882 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#79807f · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797687;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797687]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#797687 (#797687) is rgb(121, 118, 135) in RGB.

No, #797687 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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