#79879d

Color #79879d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 3.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#79879d

RGB

rgb(121, 135, 157)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 15.5%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 22.9%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(55.91, -0.06, -13.4)

LCH

lch(55.91, 13.4, 269.74)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0371, 259.45)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 47.5%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d8f79

Analogous

#79999d

#79879d

#7d799d

Triadic

#79879d

#9d7987

#879d79

Split-complementary

#79879d

#9d7d79

#999d79

Tetradic

#79879d

#8f799d

#9d8f79

#879d79

Square

#79879d

#9d7999

#9d8f79

#799d7d

Shades

Color #79879d mixed toward black.

#627086

#4e596b

#3b4350

#272d36

#14161b

Tints

Color #79879d mixed toward white.

#8f9bad

#a6afbe

#bcc3ce

#d2d7de

#e9ebef

Tones

Color #79879d mixed toward gray.

#7c889a

#7f8897

#828994

#858a91

#888a8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f98 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#7e7d97 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#7a9493 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 10.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79879d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79879d]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#79879d (#79879d) is rgb(121, 135, 157) in RGB.

No, #79879d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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