#79778a

Color #79778a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.24 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#79778a

RGB

rgb(121, 119, 138)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 7.5%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 13.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(50.8, 4.79, -10.05)

LCH

lch(50.8, 11.13, 295.48)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0289, 290.25)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 46.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#888a77

Analogous

#777f8a

#79778a

#83778a

Triadic

#79778a

#8a7977

#778a79

Split-complementary

#79778a

#8a8377

#7f8a77

Tetradic

#79778a

#8a7788

#888a77

#778a79

Square

#79778a

#8a777f

#888a77

#778a83

Shades

Color #79778a mixed toward black.

#656373

#514f5c

#3c3b45

#28282e

#141417

Tints

Color #79778a mixed toward white.

#8f8e9e

#a6a4b1

#bcbbc5

#d2d2d8

#e9e8ec

Tones

Color #79778a mixed toward gray.

#7a7988

#7c7a87

#7d7c85

#7e7d84

#7f7f82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787886 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#787885 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#798281 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79778a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79778a]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#79778a (#79778a) is rgb(121, 119, 138) in RGB.

No, #79778a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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