#797a81

Color #797a81

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.66 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#797a81

RGB

rgb(121, 122, 129)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 3.2%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 6.2%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(51.35, 1.07, -3.94)

LCH

lch(51.35, 4.08, 285.19)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0107, 279.73)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 47.5%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#818079

Analogous

#797e81

#797a81

#7c7981

Triadic

#797a81

#81797a

#7a8179

Split-complementary

#797a81

#817c79

#7e8179

Tetradic

#797a81

#807981

#818079

#7a8179

Square

#797a81

#81797e

#818079

#79817c

Shades

Color #797a81 mixed toward black.

#65666b

#515156

#3c3d40

#28292b

#141415

Tints

Color #797a81 mixed toward white.

#8f9096

#a6a6ab

#bcbcc0

#d2d3d5

#e9e9ea

Tones

Color #797a81 mixed toward gray.

#7a7a80

#7a7b80

#7b7b7f

#7c7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79797f · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#79797f · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#797e7e · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 3.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797a81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797a81]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#797a81 (#797a81) is rgb(121, 122, 129) in RGB.

No, #797a81 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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