#79877f

Color #79877f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#79877f

RGB

rgb(121, 135, 127)

HSL

hsl(145.7, 5.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(145.7, 10.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(54.99, -6.75, 2.56)

LCH

lch(54.99, 7.22, 159.23)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0202, 160.67)

HWB

hwb(145.7, 47.5%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#877981

Analogous

#7a8779

#79877f

#798786

Triadic

#79877f

#7f7987

#877f79

Split-complementary

#79877f

#867987

#87797a

Tetradic

#79877f

#798187

#877981

#877f79

Square

#79877f

#797a87

#877981

#878679

Shades

Color #79877f mixed toward black.

#65716a

#515a55

#3c4440

#282d2a

#141715

Tints

Color #79877f mixed toward white.

#8f9b94

#a6afaa

#bcc3bf

#d2d7d4

#e9ebea

Tones

Color #79877f mixed toward gray.

#7a867f

#7b857f

#7d8480

#7e8280

#7f8180

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f81 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#7e7d81 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#7a8383 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 8.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79877f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79877f]

Related colors

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

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Mint Cream #f5fffa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#79877f (#79877f) is rgb(121, 135, 127) in RGB.

No, #79877f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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