#798ba0

Color #798ba0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 2.57 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#798ba0

RGB

rgb(121, 139, 160)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 17%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 24.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(57.14, -1.62, -13.28)

LCH

lch(57.14, 13.38, 263.04)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.038, 252.38)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 47.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a08e79

Analogous

#799ea0

#798ba0

#7b79a0

Triadic

#798ba0

#a0798b

#8ba079

Split-complementary

#798ba0

#a07b79

#9ea079

Tetradic

#798ba0

#8e79a0

#a08e79

#8ba079

Square

#798ba0

#a0799e

#a08e79

#79a07b

Shades

Color #798ba0 mixed toward black.

#617489

#4e5c6e

#3a4552

#272e37

#13171b

Tints

Color #798ba0 mixed toward white.

#8f9eb0

#a6b2c0

#bcc5cf

#d2d8df

#e9ecef

Tones

Color #798ba0 mixed toward gray.

#7c8b9d

#808c99

#838c96

#868c93

#898c90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81819b · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#807f9a · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#7a9796 · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 10.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #798ba0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#798ba0]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#798ba0 (#798ba0) is rgb(121, 139, 160) in RGB.

No, #798ba0 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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