#799dac

Color #799dac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#799dac

RGB

rgb(121, 157, 172)

HSL

hsl(197.6, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.6, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(62.64, -8.72, -11.82)

LCH

lch(62.64, 14.69, 233.58)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0454, 225.36)

HWB

hwb(197.6, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac8879

Analogous

#79aca2

#799dac

#7984ac

Triadic

#799dac

#ac799d

#9dac79

Split-complementary

#799dac

#ac7984

#aca279

Tetradic

#799dac

#8879ac

#ac8879

#9dac79

Square

#799dac

#a279ac

#ac8879

#84ac79

Shades

Color #799dac mixed toward black.

#5d8697

#4b6b79

#38505b

#25363c

#131b1e

Tints

Color #799dac mixed toward white.

#8fadba

#a6bec8

#bcced6

#d2dee3

#e9eff1

Tones

Color #799dac mixed toward gray.

#7d9ba8

#829aa4

#86989f

#8a969b

#8e9497

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa9 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#8885a8 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#7ba6a5 · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799dac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799dac]

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Frequently asked questions

#799dac (#799dac) is rgb(121, 157, 172) in RGB.

No, #799dac 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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