#81979b

Color #81979b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#81979b

RGB

rgb(129, 151, 155)

HSL

hsl(189.2, 11.5%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.2, 16.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(60.93, -6.87, -4.71)

LCH

lch(60.93, 8.33, 214.43)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0256, 209.97)

HWB

hwb(189.2, 50.6%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8581

Analogous

#819b92

#81979b

#818a9b

Triadic

#81979b

#9b8197

#979b81

Split-complementary

#81979b

#9b818a

#9b9281

Tetradic

#81979b

#85819b

#9b8581

#979b81

Square

#81979b

#92819b

#9b8581

#8a9b81

Shades

Color #81979b mixed toward black.

#698084

#54666a

#3f4d4f

#2a3335

#151a1a

Tints

Color #81979b mixed toward white.

#96a8ac

#abbabc

#c0cbcd

#d5dcde

#eaeeee

Tones

Color #81979b mixed toward gray.

#839699

#859497

#889395

#8a9192

#8c9090

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9a · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#8a889a · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#829999 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81979b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81979b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#81979b (#81979b) is rgb(129, 151, 155) in RGB.

No, #81979b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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