#7f798e

Color #7f798e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#7f798e

RGB

rgb(127, 121, 142)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 8.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 14.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(51.99, 6.63, -10.55)

LCH

lch(51.99, 12.46, 302.15)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0324, 298.38)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 47.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#888e79

Analogous

#797e8e

#7f798e

#8a798e

Triadic

#7f798e

#8e7f79

#798e7f

Split-complementary

#7f798e

#8e8a79

#7e8e79

Tetradic

#7f798e

#8e7988

#888e79

#798e7f

Square

#7f798e

#8e797e

#888e79

#798e8a

Shades

Color #7f798e mixed toward black.

#6a6477

#55505f

#3f3c47

#2a2830

#151418

Tints

Color #7f798e mixed toward white.

#948fa1

#aaa6b4

#bfbcc7

#d4d2d9

#eae9ec

Tones

Color #7f798e mixed toward gray.

#807b8c

#817d8b

#817e89

#828087

#838285

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c89 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#7d7d88 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#7f8585 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f798e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f798e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#7f798e (#7f798e) is rgb(127, 121, 142) in RGB.

No, #7f798e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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