#799aa2

Color #799aa2

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#799aa2

RGB

rgb(121, 154, 162)

HSL

hsl(191.7, 18.1%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.7, 25.3%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(61.47, -9.5, -7.93)

LCH

lch(61.47, 12.37, 219.85)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.0384, 214.19)

HWB

hwb(191.7, 47.5%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a28179

Analogous

#79a296

#799aa2

#7986a2

Triadic

#799aa2

#a2799a

#9aa279

Split-complementary

#799aa2

#a27986

#a29679

Tetradic

#799aa2

#8179a2

#a28179

#9aa279

Square

#799aa2

#9679a2

#a28179

#86a279

Shades

Color #799aa2 mixed toward black.

#61838b

#4d696f

#3a4f54

#273438

#131a1c

Tints

Color #799aa2 mixed toward white.

#8fabb2

#a6bcc1

#bccdd1

#d2dde0

#e9eef0

Tones

Color #799aa2 mixed toward gray.

#7c989f

#80969b

#839498

#879294

#8a9091

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a0 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#8784a0 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#7b9f9e · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799aa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799aa2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#799aa2 (#799aa2) is rgb(121, 154, 162) in RGB.

No, #799aa2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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