#7b7a79

Color #7b7a79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 2.41 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7a79

RGB

rgb(123, 122, 121)

HSL

hsl(30, 0.8%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 1.6%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 1.6%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(51.28, 0.18, 0.68)

LCH

lch(51.28, 0.7, 75.17)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0019, 68.75)

HWB

hwb(30, 47.5%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#797a7b

Analogous

#7b7979

#7b7a79

#7b7b79

Triadic

#7b7a79

#797b7a

#7a797b

Split-complementary

#7b7a79

#797b7b

#79797b

Tetradic

#7b7a79

#7a7b79

#797a7b

#7a797b

Square

#7b7a79

#797b79

#797a7b

#7b797b

Shades

Color #7b7a79 mixed toward black.

#666665

#525151

#3d3d3c

#292928

#141414

Tints

Color #7b7a79 mixed toward white.

#91908f

#a7a6a6

#bdbcbc

#d3d3d2

#e9e9e9

Tones

Color #7b7a79 mixed toward gray.

#7b7a79

#7a7a79

#7a7a7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b79 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#7b7b79 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#7b7979 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 0.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7a79]

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Frequently asked questions

#7b7a79 (#7b7a79) is rgb(123, 122, 121) in RGB.

No, #7b7a79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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