#7a9c9a

Color #7a9c9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.88 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7a9c9a

RGB

rgb(122, 156, 154)

HSL

hsl(176.5, 14.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.5, 21.8%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(61.87, -12.12, -2.81)

LCH

lch(61.87, 12.44, 193.05)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0377, 191.79)

HWB

hwb(176.5, 47.8%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c7a7c

Analogous

#7a9c89

#7a9c9a

#7a8d9c

Triadic

#7a9c9a

#9a7a9c

#9c9a7a

Split-complementary

#7a9c9a

#9c7a8d

#9c897a

Tetradic

#7a9c9a

#7a7c9c

#9c7a7c

#9c9a7a

Square

#7a9c9a

#897a9c

#9c7a7c

#8d9c7a

Shades

Color #7a9c9a mixed toward black.

#638583

#4f6a69

#3b504f

#283534

#141b1a

Tints

Color #7a9c9a mixed toward white.

#90adab

#a6bdbc

#bccecd

#d3dedd

#e9efee

Tones

Color #7a9c9a mixed toward gray.

#7d9998

#809695

#829493

#859190

#888e8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9a · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#88859b · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#7c9b9b · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7a9c9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7a9c9a]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#7a9c9a (#7a9c9a) is rgb(122, 156, 154) in RGB.

No, #7a9c9a 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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