#797bc0

Color #797bc0

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.61 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#797bc0

RGB

rgb(121, 123, 192)

HSL

hsl(238.3, 36%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.3, 37%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 35.9%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(54.06, 16.12, -36.35)

LCH

lch(54.06, 39.76, 293.92)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.1039, 281.6)

HWB

hwb(238.3, 47.5%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0be79

Analogous

#799fc0

#797bc0

#9b79c0

Triadic

#797bc0

#c0797b

#7bc079

Split-complementary

#797bc0

#c09b79

#9fc079

Tetradic

#797bc0

#be79c0

#c0be79

#7bc079

Square

#797bc0

#c0799f

#c0be79

#79c09b

Shades

Color #797bc0 mixed toward black.

#5658af

#43458e

#32346a

#212247

#111123

Tints

Color #797bc0 mixed toward white.

#8f91cb

#a6a7d5

#bcbde0

#d2d3ea

#e9e9f5

Tones

Color #797bc0 mixed toward gray.

#7f81ba

#8586b4

#8b8cae

#9191a8

#9797a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ab2 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#7a7aaf · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#79a7a4 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #797bc0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797bc0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#797bc0 (#797bc0) is rgb(121, 123, 192) in RGB.

No, #797bc0 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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