#79969a

Color #79969a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.86 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79969a

RGB

rgb(121, 150, 154)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 14%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 21.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(60.08, -9.18, -5.46)

LCH

lch(60.08, 10.68, 210.74)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.033, 206.64)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 47.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a7d79

Analogous

#799a8d

#79969a

#79859a

Triadic

#79969a

#9a7996

#969a79

Split-complementary

#79969a

#9a7985

#9a8d79

Tetradic

#79969a

#7d799a

#9a7d79

#969a79

Square

#79969a

#8d799a

#9a7d79

#859a79

Shades

Color #79969a mixed toward black.

#637f83

#4f6568

#3b4c4e

#273334

#14191a

Tints

Color #79969a mixed toward white.

#8fa7ab

#a6b9bc

#bccacc

#d2dcdd

#e9edee

Tones

Color #79969a mixed toward gray.

#7c9497

#7e9294

#819092

#848e8f

#878c8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878799 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#858399 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#7b9898 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79969a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79969a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79969a (#79969a) is rgb(121, 150, 154) in RGB.

No, #79969a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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