#797c91

Color #797c91

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#797c91

RGB

rgb(121, 124, 145)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 9.8%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 16.6%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(52.42, 3.46, -11.7)

LCH

lch(52.42, 12.2, 286.47)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0321, 278.96)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 47.5%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#918e79

Analogous

#798891

#797c91

#827991

Triadic

#797c91

#91797c

#7c9179

Split-complementary

#797c91

#918279

#889179

Tetradic

#797c91

#8e7991

#918e79

#7c9179

Square

#797c91

#917988

#918e79

#799182

Shades

Color #797c91 mixed toward black.

#64677a

#505261

#3c3e49

#282931

#141518

Tints

Color #797c91 mixed toward white.

#8f92a3

#a6a8b6

#bcbec8

#d2d3da

#e9e9ed

Tones

Color #797c91 mixed toward gray.

#7b7e8f

#7d7f8d

#7f818b

#818289

#838487

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a8c · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#7a7a8b · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#798888 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797c91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797c91]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#797c91 (#797c91) is rgb(121, 124, 145) in RGB.

No, #797c91 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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