#79948e

Color #79948e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79948e

RGB

rgb(121, 148, 142)

HSL

hsl(166.7, 11.2%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(166.7, 18.2%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 42%)

LAB

lab(59.16, -10.77, 0.01)

LCH

lch(59.16, 10.77, 179.95)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0318, 180.18)

HWB

hwb(166.7, 47.5%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94797f

Analogous

#799480

#79948e

#798c94

Triadic

#79948e

#8e7994

#948e79

Split-complementary

#79948e

#94798c

#948079

Tetradic

#79948e

#797f94

#94797f

#948e79

Square

#79948e

#807994

#94797f

#8c9479

Shades

Color #79948e mixed toward black.

#637d77

#50645f

#3c4b47

#283230

#141918

Tints

Color #79948e mixed toward white.

#8fa6a1

#a6b8b4

#bcc9c6

#d2dbd9

#e9edec

Tones

Color #79948e mixed toward gray.

#7b928d

#7d8f8b

#808d8a

#828b89

#848988

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86868f · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#848290 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#7b9191 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79948e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79948e]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#79948e (#79948e) is rgb(121, 148, 142) in RGB.

No, #79948e 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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