#79799f

Color #79799f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.54 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#79799f

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 159)

HSL

hsl(240, 16.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 23.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(52.11, 8.59, -20.35)

LCH

lch(52.11, 22.09, 292.89)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.0577, 284.54)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9f79

Analogous

#798c9f

#79799f

#8c799f

Triadic

#79799f

#9f7979

#799f79

Split-complementary

#79799f

#9f8c79

#8c9f79

Tetradic

#79799f

#9f799f

#9f9f79

#799f79

Square

#79799f

#9f798c

#9f9f79

#799f8c

Shades

Color #79799f mixed toward black.

#616188

#4e4e6d

#3a3a52

#272736

#13131b

Tints

Color #79799f mixed toward white.

#8f8faf

#a6a6bf

#bcbccf

#d2d2df

#e9e9ef

Tones

Color #79799f mixed toward gray.

#7c7c9c

#7f7f99

#838395

#868692

#89898f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797997 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#797995 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#79908f · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79799f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79799f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#79799f (#79799f) is rgb(121, 121, 159) in RGB.

No, #79799f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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