#796a97

Color #796a97

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.87 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#796a97

RGB

rgb(121, 106, 151)

HSL

hsl(260, 17.8%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 29.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 29.8%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(47.76, 15.58, -22.34)

LCH

lch(47.76, 27.24, 304.89)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0706, 299.36)

HWB

hwb(260, 41.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88976a

Analogous

#6a7297

#796a97

#906a97

Triadic

#796a97

#97796a

#6a9779

Split-complementary

#796a97

#97906a

#72976a

Tetradic

#796a97

#976a88

#88976a

#6a9779

Square

#796a97

#976a72

#88976a

#6a9790

Shades

Color #796a97 mixed toward black.

#65587e

#514665

#3c354c

#282332

#141219

Tints

Color #796a97 mixed toward white.

#8f83a8

#a69cba

#bcb5cb

#d2cddc

#e9e6ee

Tones

Color #796a97 mixed toward gray.

#7a6e93

#7c7290

#7d758c

#7e7988

#7f7d84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73738e · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#74758b · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#788684 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #796a97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796a97]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#796a97 (#796a97) is rgb(121, 106, 151) in RGB.

No, #796a97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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