#799496

Color #799496

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.25 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#799496

RGB

rgb(121, 148, 150)

HSL

hsl(184.1, 12.1%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.1, 19.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(59.38, -9, -4.21)

LCH

lch(59.38, 9.94, 205.07)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0306, 201.87)

HWB

hwb(184.1, 47.5%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#967b79

Analogous

#799689

#799496

#798596

Triadic

#799496

#967994

#949679

Split-complementary

#799496

#967985

#968979

Tetradic

#799496

#7b7996

#967b79

#949679

Square

#799496

#897996

#967b79

#859679

Shades

Color #799496 mixed toward black.

#637d7e

#4f6465

#3c4b4c

#283233

#141919

Tints

Color #799496 mixed toward white.

#8fa6a7

#a6b8b9

#bcc9ca

#d2dbdc

#e9eded

Tones

Color #799496 mixed toward gray.

#7b9293

#7e9091

#808e8f

#838c8c

#85898a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868696 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#848295 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#7b9595 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 10.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #799496;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799496]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#799496 (#799496) is rgb(121, 148, 150) in RGB.

No, #799496 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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