#817978

Color #817978

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 3.91 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#817978

RGB

rgb(129, 121, 120)

HSL

hsl(6.7, 3.6%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.7, 7%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 7%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(51.49, 2.86, 1.64)

LCH

lch(51.49, 3.3, 29.83)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.01, 26.05)

HWB

hwb(6.7, 47.1%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#788081

Analogous

#81787b

#817978

#817d78

Triadic

#817978

#788179

#797881

Split-complementary

#817978

#78817d

#787b81

Tetradic

#817978

#808178

#788081

#797881

Square

#817978

#7b8178

#788081

#7d7881

Shades

Color #817978 mixed toward black.

#6b6564

#565150

#403c3c

#2b2828

#151414

Tints

Color #817978 mixed toward white.

#968f8e

#aba6a5

#c0bcbb

#d5d2d2

#eae9e8

Tones

Color #817978 mixed toward gray.

#807a79

#7f7a79

#7f7b7a

#7e7b7b

#7d7c7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e78 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#7e7f78 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#817878 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 4.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #817978;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#817978]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#817978 (#817978) is rgb(129, 121, 120) in RGB.

No, #817978 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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