#797a87

Color #797a87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.79 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#797a87

RGB

rgb(121, 122, 135)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 5.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 10.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(51.53, 2.37, -7.18)

LCH

lch(51.53, 7.56, 288.27)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0198, 282.28)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 47.5%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878679

Analogous

#798187

#797a87

#7f7987

Triadic

#797a87

#87797a

#7a8779

Split-complementary

#797a87

#877f79

#818779

Tetradic

#797a87

#867987

#878679

#7a8779

Square

#797a87

#877981

#878679

#79877f

Shades

Color #797a87 mixed toward black.

#656671

#51515a

#3c3d44

#28292d

#141417

Tints

Color #797a87 mixed toward white.

#8f909b

#a6a6af

#bcbdc3

#d2d3d7

#e9e9eb

Tones

Color #797a87 mixed toward gray.

#7a7b86

#7b7c85

#7d7d84

#7e7e82

#7f7f81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797984 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#797983 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#798281 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797a87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797a87]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#797a87 (#797a87) is rgb(121, 122, 135) in RGB.

No, #797a87 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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