#79839f

Color #79839f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#79839f

RGB

rgb(121, 131, 159)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 16.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 23.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(54.87, 2.73, -16.14)

LCH

lch(54.87, 16.37, 279.6)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0441, 269.61)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 47.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9579

Analogous

#79969f

#79839f

#82799f

Triadic

#79839f

#9f7983

#839f79

Split-complementary

#79839f

#9f8279

#969f79

Tetradic

#79839f

#95799f

#9f9579

#839f79

Square

#79839f

#9f7996

#9f9579

#799f82

Shades

Color #79839f mixed toward black.

#616c88

#4e566d

#3a4152

#272b36

#13161b

Tints

Color #79839f mixed toward white.

#8f98af

#a6acbf

#bcc1cf

#d2d6df

#e9eaef

Tones

Color #79839f mixed toward gray.

#7c859c

#7f8699

#838895

#868992

#898a8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7e99 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#7d7c97 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#7a9493 · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79839f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79839f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#79839f (#79839f) is rgb(121, 131, 159) in RGB.

No, #79839f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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