#79808d

Color #79808d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.62 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#79808d

RGB

rgb(121, 128, 141)

HSL

hsl(219, 8.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219, 14.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(53.41, 0.23, -7.89)

LCH

lch(53.41, 7.89, 271.67)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0215, 263.04)

HWB

hwb(219, 47.5%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d8679

Analogous

#798a8d

#79808d

#7c798d

Triadic

#79808d

#8d7980

#808d79

Split-complementary

#79808d

#8d7c79

#8a8d79

Tetradic

#79808d

#86798d

#8d8679

#808d79

Square

#79808d

#8d798a

#8d8679

#798d7c

Shades

Color #79808d mixed toward black.

#646b76

#50555e

#3c4047

#282b2f

#141518

Tints

Color #79808d mixed toward white.

#8f95a0

#a6aab3

#bcc0c6

#d2d5d9

#e9eaec

Tones

Color #79808d mixed toward gray.

#7b818b

#7c818a

#7e8288

#808286

#818385

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c8a · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#7c7b89 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#798887 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79808d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79808d]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#79808d (#79808d) is rgb(121, 128, 141) in RGB.

No, #79808d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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