#797986

Color #797986

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.22 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#797986

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 134)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.1%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 9.7%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(51.22, 2.73, -7.06)

LCH

lch(51.22, 7.57, 291.14)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0198, 285.87)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.5%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#868679

Analogous

#798086

#797986

#807986

Triadic

#797986

#867979

#798679

Split-complementary

#797986

#868079

#808679

Tetradic

#797986

#867986

#868679

#798679

Square

#797986

#867980

#868679

#798680

Shades

Color #797986 mixed toward black.

#656570

#515159

#3c3c43

#28282d

#141416

Tints

Color #797986 mixed toward white.

#8f8f9a

#a6a6ae

#bcbcc3

#d2d2d7

#e9e9eb

Tones

Color #797986 mixed toward gray.

#7a7a85

#7b7b84

#7c7c83

#7d7d82

#7e7e81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797983 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#797982 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#798180 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 6.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797986;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797986]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#797986 (#797986) is rgb(121, 121, 134) in RGB.

No, #797986 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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