#796d93

Color #796d93

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.73 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#796d93

RGB

rgb(121, 109, 147)

HSL

hsl(258.9, 15%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.9, 25.9%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(48.4, 12.81, -19)

LCH

lch(48.4, 22.91, 303.99)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.0594, 298.98)

HWB

hwb(258.9, 42.7%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87936d

Analogous

#6d7493

#796d93

#8c6d93

Triadic

#796d93

#93796d

#6d9379

Split-complementary

#796d93

#938c6d

#74936d

Tetradic

#796d93

#936d87

#87936d

#6d9379

Square

#796d93

#936d74

#87936d

#6d938c

Shades

Color #796d93 mixed toward black.

#655b7b

#514962

#3c364a

#282431

#141219

Tints

Color #796d93 mixed toward white.

#8f85a5

#a69eb7

#bcb6c9

#d2cedb

#e9e7ed

Tones

Color #796d93 mixed toward gray.

#7a7090

#7b738d

#7c768a

#7e7a86

#7f7d83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.42:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#74748b · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#757689 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#788483 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #796d93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#796d93]

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

#796d93 (#796d93) is rgb(121, 109, 147) in RGB.

No, #796d93 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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