#798a8c

Color #798a8c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.01 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#798a8c

RGB

rgb(121, 138, 140)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 7.6%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 13.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.22, -5.68, -3.15)

LCH

lch(56.22, 6.49, 209.01)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0199, 205.28)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 47.5%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c7b79

Analogous

#798c85

#798a8c

#79818c

Triadic

#798a8c

#8c798a

#8a8c79

Split-complementary

#798a8c

#8c7981

#8c8579

Tetradic

#798a8c

#7b798c

#8c7b79

#8a8c79

Square

#798a8c

#85798c

#8c7b79

#818c79

Shades

Color #798a8c mixed toward black.

#657375

#505c5e

#3c4546

#282e2f

#141717

Tints

Color #798a8c mixed toward white.

#8f9e9f

#a6b1b2

#bcc5c6

#d2d8d9

#e9ecec

Tones

Color #798a8c mixed toward gray.

#7b898a

#7c8889

#7e8687

#7f8586

#818484

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81818c · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#807e8b · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#7a8b8b · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #798a8c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#798a8c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#798a8c (#798a8c) is rgb(121, 138, 140) in RGB.

No, #798a8c 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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