#797a80

Color #797a80

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.18 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#797a80

RGB

rgb(121, 122, 128)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 2.8%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 5.5%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(51.32, 0.86, -3.4)

LCH

lch(51.32, 3.51, 284.19)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0092, 278.75)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 47.5%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#807f79

Analogous

#797d80

#797a80

#7b7980

Triadic

#797a80

#80797a

#7a8079

Split-complementary

#797a80

#807b79

#7d8079

Tetradic

#797a80

#7f7980

#807f79

#7a8079

Square

#797a80

#80797d

#807f79

#79807b

Shades

Color #797a80 mixed toward black.

#65666b

#515155

#3c3d40

#28292b

#141415

Tints

Color #797a80 mixed toward white.

#8f9095

#a6a6aa

#bcbcc0

#d2d3d5

#e9e9ea

Tones

Color #797a80 mixed toward gray.

#7a7a7f

#7a7b7f

#7b7b7e

#7b7c7e

#7c7c7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79797f · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#79797e · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#797d7d · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #797a80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797a80]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#797a80 (#797a80) is rgb(121, 122, 128) in RGB.

No, #797a80 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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