#7a798a

Color #7a798a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.44 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7a798a

RGB

rgb(122, 121, 138)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 6.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 12.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(51.44, 3.97, -9.08)

LCH

lch(51.44, 9.91, 293.62)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0258, 288.29)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 47.5%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#898a79

Analogous

#79818a

#7a798a

#83798a

Triadic

#7a798a

#8a7a79

#798a7a

Split-complementary

#7a798a

#8a8379

#818a79

Tetradic

#7a798a

#8a7989

#898a79

#798a7a

Square

#7a798a

#8a7981

#898a79

#798a83

Shades

Color #7a798a mixed toward black.

#656573

#51505c

#3d3c45

#29282e

#141417

Tints

Color #7a798a mixed toward white.

#908f9e

#a6a6b1

#bdbcc5

#d3d2d8

#e9e9ec

Tones

Color #7a798a mixed toward gray.

#7b7a89

#7d7c87

#7e7d86

#7f7f84

#808083

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a86 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#7a7a85 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#7a8382 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7a798a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7a798a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7a798a (#7a798a) is rgb(122, 121, 138) in RGB.

No, #7a798a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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