#797b7b

Color #797b7b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 2.28 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#797b7b

RGB

rgb(121, 123, 123)

HSL

hsl(180, 0.8%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 1.6%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(51.45, -0.75, -0.26)

LCH

lch(51.45, 0.79, 199.12)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0024, 196.93)

HWB

hwb(180, 47.5%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7979

Analogous

#797b7a

#797b7b

#797a7b

Triadic

#797b7b

#7b797b

#7b7b79

Split-complementary

#797b7b

#7b797a

#7b7a79

Tetradic

#797b7b

#79797b

#7b7979

#7b7b79

Square

#797b7b

#7a797b

#7b7979

#7a7b79

Shades

Color #797b7b mixed toward black.

#656666

#515252

#3c3d3d

#282929

#141414

Tints

Color #797b7b mixed toward white.

#8f9191

#a6a7a7

#bcbdbd

#d2d3d3

#e9e9e9

Tones

Color #797b7b mixed toward gray.

#797b7b

#797a7a

#7a7a7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a7b · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#7a7a7b · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#797b7b · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 1.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #797b7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797b7b]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#797b7b (#797b7b) is rgb(121, 123, 123) in RGB.

No, #797b7b 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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