#798c98

Color #798c98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 3.31 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#798c98

RGB

rgb(121, 140, 152)

HSL

hsl(203.2, 13.1%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.2, 20.4%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(57.16, -4.09, -8.66)

LCH

lch(57.16, 9.58, 244.72)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0284, 235.75)

HWB

hwb(203.2, 47.5%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#988579

Analogous

#799894

#798c98

#797c98

Triadic

#798c98

#98798c

#8c9879

Split-complementary

#798c98

#98797c

#989479

Tetradic

#798c98

#857998

#988579

#8c9879

Square

#798c98

#947998

#988579

#7c9879

Shades

Color #798c98 mixed toward black.

#637581

#4f5e67

#3b464d

#282f33

#14171a

Tints

Color #798c98 mixed toward white.

#8f9fa9

#a6b2ba

#bcc5cb

#d2d9dd

#e9ecee

Tones

Color #798c98 mixed toward gray.

#7b8b95

#7e8b93

#818a90

#838a8e

#86898b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828295 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#817f95 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#7a9392 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #798c98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#798c98]

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Frequently asked questions

#798c98 (#798c98) is rgb(121, 140, 152) in RGB.

No, #798c98 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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