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#807B79

#807b79 ≈ Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#807b79 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 48.24% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.91% magenta, 5.47% yellow and 49.8% black. Its hue angle is 17.14°, with 2.81% saturation and 48.82% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Gray (#808080), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2014

Complementary

  1. #807b79
  2. #797e80

Split complementary

  1. #807b79
  2. #79807e
  3. #797a80

Analogous

  1. #80797a
  2. #807b79
  3. #807e79

Triadic

  1. #807b79
  2. #79807b
  3. #7b7980

Tetradic

  1. #807b79
  2. #7e8079
  3. #797e80
  4. #7b7980

Square

  1. #807b79
  2. #7a8079
  3. #797e80
  4. #7e7980

Monochromatic

  1. #312f2f
  2. #595554
  3. #807b79
  4. #a5a2a0
  5. #cbc8c7

Shades

#807b79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #807b79
  2. #736f6d
  3. #666261
  4. #5a5655
  5. #4d4a49
  6. #403e3d
  7. #333130
  8. #262524
  9. #1a1918
  10. #0d0c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#807b79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #807b79
  2. #8d8886
  3. #999594
  4. #a6a3a1
  5. #b3b0af
  6. #c0bdbc
  7. #cccac9
  8. #d9d7d7
  9. #e6e5e4
  10. #f2f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#807b79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #807b79
  2. #807c7a
  3. #807c7a
  4. #807d7b
  5. #807d7c
  6. #807e7d
  7. #807e7d
  8. #807f7e
  9. #807f7f
  10. #80807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e7c7b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c7b79 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d7c79 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #827a7a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e7b79 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e7c79 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #817b7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-807b79 {
  color: #807b79;
}
Background
.bg-807b79 {
  background-color: #807b79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-807b79 {
  border: 2px solid #807b79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #807b79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 123 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 17 3% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-807b79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #807b79, #807e79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-807b79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 123 121 / 0.35);
}

#808080 Gray ΔE 3.12 #808080 Grey ΔE 3.12 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 4.12 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 5.34 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 7.97 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 7.97 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 11.45 #7f8486 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Gray
#807b79  rgb(128, 123, 121)  hsl(17, 3%, 49%)  Gray
#797e80  rgb(121, 126, 128)  hsl(197, 3%, 49%)  Gray
#79807b  rgb(121, 128, 123)  hsl(137, 3%, 49%)  Battleship Gray
#7b7980  rgb(123, 121, 128)  hsl(257, 3%, 49%)  Gray