#7979b9

Color #7979b9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7979b9

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 185)

HSL

hsl(240, 31.4%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 34.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(53.21, 15.39, -33.67)

LCH

lch(53.21, 37.02, 294.56)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.0965, 283.11)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9b979

Analogous

#7999b9

#7979b9

#9979b9

Triadic

#7979b9

#b97979

#79b979

Split-complementary

#7979b9

#b99979

#99b979

Tetradic

#7979b9

#b979b9

#b9b979

#79b979

Square

#7979b9

#b97999

#b9b979

#79b999

Shades

Color #7979b9 mixed toward black.

#5757a8

#464686

#343465

#232343

#111122

Tints

Color #7979b9 mixed toward white.

#8f8fc5

#a6a6d0

#bcbcdc

#d2d2e8

#e9e9f3

Tones

Color #7979b9 mixed toward gray.

#7e7eb4

#8484ae

#8989a9

#8e8ea4

#94949e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979ac · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#7979a9 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#79a19f · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7979b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7979b9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7979b9 (#7979b9) is rgb(121, 121, 185) in RGB.

No, #7979b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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