#79727c

Color #79727c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#79727c

RGB

rgb(121, 114, 124)

HSL

hsl(282, 4.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 8.1%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(48.95, 4.7, -4.53)

LCH

lch(48.95, 6.53, 316.06)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.0174, 315.93)

HWB

hwb(282, 44.7%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#757c72

Analogous

#74727c

#79727c

#7c727a

Triadic

#79727c

#7c7972

#727c79

Split-complementary

#79727c

#7a7c72

#727c74

Tetradic

#79727c

#7c7275

#757c72

#727c79

Square

#79727c

#7c7472

#757c72

#727a7c

Shades

Color #79727c mixed toward black.

#655f67

#514c53

#3d393e

#282629

#141315

Tints

Color #79727c mixed toward white.

#908992

#a6a1a8

#bcb8be

#d2d0d4

#e9e7e9

Tones

Color #79727c mixed toward gray.

#79737b

#78747a

#78757a

#787579

#777678

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.51:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#76767a · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#767779 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#797877 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 7.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79727c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79727c]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#79727c (#79727c) is rgb(121, 114, 124) in RGB.

No, #79727c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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