#79849f

Color #79849f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#79849f

RGB

rgb(121, 132, 159)

HSL

hsl(222.6, 16.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.6, 23.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 17%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(55.14, 2.15, -15.72)

LCH

lch(55.14, 15.87, 277.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.043, 267.74)

HWB

hwb(222.6, 47.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9479

Analogous

#79979f

#79849f

#81799f

Triadic

#79849f

#9f7984

#849f79

Split-complementary

#79849f

#9f8179

#979f79

Tetradic

#79849f

#94799f

#9f9479

#849f79

Square

#79849f

#9f7997

#9f9479

#799f81

Shades

Color #79849f mixed toward black.

#616d88

#4e576d

#3a4152

#272b36

#13161b

Tints

Color #79849f mixed toward white.

#8f99af

#a6adbf

#bcc2cf

#d2d6df

#e9ebef

Tones

Color #79849f mixed toward gray.

#7c859c

#7f8799

#838895

#868992

#898b8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e99 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#7d7c98 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#7a9493 · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79849f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79849f]

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

#79849f (#79849f) is rgb(121, 132, 159) in RGB.

No, #79849f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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