#797ca9

Color #797ca9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#797ca9

RGB

rgb(121, 124, 169)

HSL

hsl(236.3, 21.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.3, 28.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(53.32, 9.35, -24.28)

LCH

lch(53.32, 26.02, 291.06)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0684, 281.13)

HWB

hwb(236.3, 47.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a679

Analogous

#7994a9

#797ca9

#8e79a9

Triadic

#797ca9

#a9797c

#7ca979

Split-complementary

#797ca9

#a98e79

#94a979

Tetradic

#797ca9

#a679a9

#a9a679

#7ca979

Square

#797ca9

#a97994

#a9a679

#79a98e

Shades

Color #797ca9 mixed toward black.

#5f6293

#4c4e76

#393b58

#26273b

#13141d

Tints

Color #797ca9 mixed toward white.

#8f92b7

#a6a8c6

#bcbed4

#d2d3e2

#e9e9f1

Tones

Color #797ca9 mixed toward gray.

#7d80a5

#8183a1

#85879d

#898a99

#8d8e95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7aa0 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#7a7a9d · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#799896 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #797ca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797ca9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#797ca9 (#797ca9) is rgb(121, 124, 169) in RGB.

No, #797ca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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