#798b89

Color #798b89

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#798b89

RGB

rgb(121, 139, 137)

HSL

hsl(173.3, 7.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.3, 12.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(56.42, -6.89, -1.12)

LCH

lch(56.42, 6.98, 189.23)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.021, 188.48)

HWB

hwb(173.3, 47.5%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b797b

Analogous

#798b80

#798b89

#79848b

Triadic

#798b89

#89798b

#8b8979

Split-complementary

#798b89

#8b7984

#8b8079

Tetradic

#798b89

#797b8b

#8b797b

#8b8979

Square

#798b89

#80798b

#8b797b

#848b79

Shades

Color #798b89 mixed toward black.

#657472

#505d5c

#3c4645

#282e2e

#141717

Tints

Color #798b89 mixed toward white.

#8f9e9d

#a6b2b0

#bcc5c4

#d2d8d8

#e9eceb

Tones

Color #798b89 mixed toward gray.

#7b8a88

#7c8887

#7e8786

#7f8584

#818483

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818189 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#807f8a · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#7a8a8a · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #798b89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#798b89]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#798b89 (#798b89) is rgb(121, 139, 137) in RGB.

No, #798b89 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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