#7b7979

Color #7b7979

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 2.71 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7979

RGB

rgb(123, 121, 121)

HSL

hsl(0, 0.8%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 1.6%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 1.6%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(51, 0.76, 0.27)

LCH

lch(51, 0.81, 19.56)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0024, 16.93)

HWB

hwb(0, 47.5%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#797b7b

Analogous

#7b797a

#7b7979

#7b7a79

Triadic

#7b7979

#797b79

#79797b

Split-complementary

#7b7979

#797b7a

#797a7b

Tetradic

#7b7979

#7b7b79

#797b7b

#79797b

Square

#7b7979

#7a7b79

#797b7b

#7a797b

Shades

Color #7b7979 mixed toward black.

#666565

#525151

#3d3c3c

#292828

#141414

Tints

Color #7b7979 mixed toward white.

#918f8f

#a7a6a6

#bdbcbc

#d3d2d2

#e9e9e9

Tones

Color #7b7979 mixed toward gray.

#7b7979

#7a7979

#7a7a7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a79 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#7a7a79 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#7b7979 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 1.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7979]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#7b7979 (#7b7979) is rgb(123, 121, 121) in RGB.

No, #7b7979 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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