#79798f

Color #79798f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#79798f

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 143)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 15.4%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(51.52, 4.75, -11.89)

LCH

lch(51.52, 12.8, 291.78)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.0335, 285.24)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f8f79

Analogous

#79848f

#79798f

#84798f

Triadic

#79798f

#8f7979

#798f79

Split-complementary

#79798f

#8f8479

#848f79

Tetradic

#79798f

#8f798f

#8f8f79

#798f79

Square

#79798f

#8f7984

#8f8f79

#798f84

Shades

Color #79798f mixed toward black.

#646478

#505060

#3c3c48

#282830

#141418

Tints

Color #79798f mixed toward white.

#8f8fa2

#a6a6b4

#bcbcc7

#d2d2da

#e9e9ec

Tones

Color #79798f mixed toward gray.

#7b7b8d

#7d7d8b

#7f7f8a

#808088

#828286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79798a · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#797989 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#798685 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 10.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79798f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79798f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#79798f (#79798f) is rgb(121, 121, 143) in RGB.

No, #79798f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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