#7d799a

Color #7d799a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#7d799a

RGB

rgb(125, 121, 154)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 14%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 21.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(52.25, 8.69, -17.19)

LCH

lch(52.25, 19.26, 296.82)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0501, 290.32)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 47.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969a79

Analogous

#79859a

#7d799a

#8d799a

Triadic

#7d799a

#9a7d79

#799a7d

Split-complementary

#7d799a

#9a8d79

#859a79

Tetradic

#7d799a

#9a7996

#969a79

#799a7d

Square

#7d799a

#9a7985

#969a79

#799a8d

Shades

Color #7d799a mixed toward black.

#666383

#524f68

#3d3b4e

#292734

#14141a

Tints

Color #7d799a mixed toward white.

#938fab

#a8a6bc

#bebccc

#d4d2dd

#e9e9ee

Tones

Color #7d799a mixed toward gray.

#7f7c97

#817e94

#838192

#85848f

#87878c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b93 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#7c7c91 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#7d8d8c · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7d799a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7d799a]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7d799a (#7d799a) is rgb(125, 121, 154) in RGB.

No, #7d799a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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