#798e8a

Color #798e8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.14 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#798e8a

RGB

rgb(121, 142, 138)

HSL

hsl(168.6, 8.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.6, 14.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(57.31, -8.34, -0.39)

LCH

lch(57.31, 8.35, 182.68)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0248, 182.77)

HWB

hwb(168.6, 47.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e797d

Analogous

#798e80

#798e8a

#79888e

Triadic

#798e8a

#8a798e

#8e8a79

Split-complementary

#798e8a

#8e7988

#8e8079

Tetradic

#798e8a

#797d8e

#8e797d

#8e8a79

Square

#798e8a

#80798e

#8e797d

#888e79

Shades

Color #798e8a mixed toward black.

#647773

#505f5c

#3c4745

#28302e

#141817

Tints

Color #798e8a mixed toward white.

#8fa19e

#a6b4b1

#bcc7c5

#d2d9d8

#e9ecec

Tones

Color #798e8a mixed toward gray.

#7b8c89

#7d8b88

#7e8987

#808786

#828585

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83838b · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#81808b · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#7a8c8c · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #798e8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#798e8a]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#798e8a (#798e8a) is rgb(121, 142, 138) in RGB.

No, #798e8a 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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