#797881

Color #797881

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#797881

RGB

rgb(121, 120, 129)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 3.6%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 7%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 7%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(50.78, 2.23, -4.77)

LCH

lch(50.78, 5.27, 295.06)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0137, 290.95)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 47.1%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#808178

Analogous

#787b81

#797881

#7d7881

Triadic

#797881

#817978

#788179

Split-complementary

#797881

#817d78

#7b8178

Tetradic

#797881

#817880

#808178

#788179

Square

#797881

#81787b

#808178

#78817d

Shades

Color #797881 mixed toward black.

#65646b

#515056

#3c3c40

#28282b

#141415

Tints

Color #797881 mixed toward white.

#8f8e96

#a6a5ab

#bcbbc0

#d2d2d5

#e9e8ea

Tones

Color #797881 mixed toward gray.

#7a7980

#7a797f

#7b7a7f

#7b7b7e

#7c7c7d

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

#79797f · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#79797e · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#797d7d · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 5.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797881;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797881]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#797881 (#797881) is rgb(121, 120, 129) in RGB.

No, #797881 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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