#7f9f9d

Color #7f9f9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.74 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7f9f9d

RGB

rgb(127, 159, 157)

HSL

hsl(176.3, 14.3%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.3, 20.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(63.13, -11.44, -2.61)

LCH

lch(63.13, 11.73, 192.85)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0355, 191.69)

HWB

hwb(176.3, 49.8%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f7f81

Analogous

#7f9f8d

#7f9f9d

#7f919f

Triadic

#7f9f9d

#9d7f9f

#9f9d7f

Split-complementary

#7f9f9d

#9f7f91

#9f8d7f

Tetradic

#7f9f9d

#7f819f

#9f7f81

#9f9d7f

Square

#7f9f9d

#8d7f9f

#9f7f81

#919f7f

Shades

Color #7f9f9d mixed toward black.

#668886

#526d6b

#3d5250

#293736

#141b1b

Tints

Color #7f9f9d mixed toward white.

#94afad

#aabfbe

#bfcfce

#d4dfde

#eaefef

Tones

Color #7f9f9d mixed toward gray.

#829c9b

#849a98

#879796

#8a9494

#8c9291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e9d · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#8c8a9e · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#819e9e · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7f9f9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f9f9d]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#7f9f9d (#7f9f9d) is rgb(127, 159, 157) in RGB.

No, #7f9f9d 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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