#79857b

Color #79857b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#79857b

RGB

rgb(121, 133, 123)

HSL

hsl(130, 4.7%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(130, 9%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 0%, 7.5%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(54.31, -6.43, 3.89)

LCH

lch(54.31, 7.52, 148.83)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0205, 150.19)

HWB

hwb(130, 47.5%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#857983

Analogous

#7d8579

#79857b

#798581

Triadic

#79857b

#7b7985

#857b79

Split-complementary

#79857b

#817985

#85797d

Tetradic

#79857b

#798385

#857983

#857b79

Square

#79857b

#797d85

#857983

#858179

Shades

Color #79857b mixed toward black.

#656f67

#515952

#3d423e

#282c29

#141615

Tints

Color #79857b mixed toward white.

#8f9991

#a6aea7

#bcc2bd

#d2d6d3

#e9ebe9

Tones

Color #79857b mixed toward gray.

#7a847c

#7b837c

#7c827d

#7d817e

#7e807e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#7e7d7e · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#7a7f80 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 8.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79857b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79857b]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#79857b (#79857b) is rgb(121, 133, 123) in RGB.

No, #79857b 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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