#797e6a

Color #797e6a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.86 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#797e6a

RGB

rgb(121, 126, 106)

HSL

hsl(75, 8.6%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 15.9%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 0%, 15.9%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(51.87, -5.68, 10.27)

LCH

lch(51.87, 11.74, 118.95)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0302, 118.69)

HWB

hwb(75, 41.6%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f6a7e

Analogous

#7e796a

#797e6a

#6f7e6a

Triadic

#797e6a

#6a797e

#7e6a79

Split-complementary

#797e6a

#6a6f7e

#796a7e

Tetradic

#797e6a

#6a7e6f

#6f6a7e

#7e6a79

Square

#797e6a

#6a7e79

#6f6a7e

#7e6a6f

Shades

Color #797e6a mixed toward black.

#656958

#515447

#3d3f35

#282a23

#141512

Tints

Color #797e6a mixed toward white.

#909581

#a6aa9a

#bdbfb4

#d3d5cd

#e9eae6

Tones

Color #797e6a mixed toward gray.

#787c6c

#777b6d

#77796f

#767771

#757672

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b6f · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#7b7b70 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#797374 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #797e6a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797e6a]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#797e6a (#797e6a) is rgb(121, 126, 106) in RGB.

No, #797e6a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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