#79809c

Color #79809c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.89 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#79809c

RGB

rgb(121, 128, 156)

HSL

hsl(228, 15%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 22.4%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(53.92, 3.74, -15.84)

LCH

lch(53.92, 16.28, 283.28)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0434, 274.1)

HWB

hwb(228, 47.5%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9579

Analogous

#79919c

#79809c

#83799c

Triadic

#79809c

#9c7980

#809c79

Split-complementary

#79809c

#9c8379

#919c79

Tetradic

#79809c

#95799c

#9c9579

#809c79

Square

#79809c

#9c7991

#9c9579

#799c83

Shades

Color #79809c mixed toward black.

#626985

#4e546a

#3b3f50

#272a35

#14151b

Tints

Color #79809c mixed toward white.

#8f95ac

#a6aabd

#bcbfcd

#d2d5de

#e9eaee

Tones

Color #79809c mixed toward gray.

#7c8299

#7f8396

#828593

#858790

#88898d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c96 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#7c7b94 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#799190 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79809c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79809c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#79809c (#79809c) is rgb(121, 128, 156) in RGB.

No, #79809c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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