#79799a

Color #79799a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.93 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#79799a

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 154)

HSL

hsl(240, 14%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 21.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(51.92, 7.36, -17.72)

LCH

lch(51.92, 19.19, 292.56)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0502, 284.78)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9a79

Analogous

#79899a

#79799a

#89799a

Triadic

#79799a

#9a7979

#799a79

Split-complementary

#79799a

#9a8979

#899a79

Tetradic

#79799a

#9a799a

#9a9a79

#799a79

Square

#79799a

#9a7989

#9a9a79

#799a89

Shades

Color #79799a mixed toward black.

#636383

#4f4f68

#3b3b4e

#272734

#14141a

Tints

Color #79799a mixed toward white.

#8f8fab

#a6a6bc

#bcbccc

#d2d2dd

#e9e9ee

Tones

Color #79799a mixed toward gray.

#7c7c97

#7e7e94

#818192

#84848f

#87878c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797993 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#797991 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#798d8c · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79799a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79799a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#79799a (#79799a) is rgb(121, 121, 154) in RGB.

No, #79799a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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