#797eb2

Color #797eb2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#797eb2

RGB

rgb(121, 126, 178)

HSL

hsl(234.7, 27%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.7, 32%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 29.2%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(54.24, 10.53, -28.05)

LCH

lch(54.24, 29.96, 290.58)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.079, 279.55)

HWB

hwb(234.7, 47.5%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2ad79

Analogous

#799ab2

#797eb2

#9079b2

Triadic

#797eb2

#b2797e

#7eb279

Split-complementary

#797eb2

#b29079

#9ab279

Tetradic

#797eb2

#ad79b2

#b2ad79

#7eb279

Square

#797eb2

#b2799a

#b2ad79

#79b290

Shades

Color #797eb2 mixed toward black.

#5b619e

#494d7f

#373a5f

#24273f

#121320

Tints

Color #797eb2 mixed toward white.

#8f93bf

#a6a9cc

#bcbed8

#d2d4e5

#e9e9f2

Tones

Color #797eb2 mixed toward gray.

#7e82ad

#8286a8

#878aa4

#8c8e9f

#91929a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7ba7 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#7b7ba5 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#799e9c · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797eb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797eb2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#797eb2 (#797eb2) is rgb(121, 126, 178) in RGB.

No, #797eb2 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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