Information about #79898F color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted balanced grey tone, #79898F feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Abacus (#768993). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Alexandra's Eyes (#73888C) and Antique Pewter (#808992).
In RGB terms — rgb(121, 137, 143) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #79898F: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for white. #79898F has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#79898F color variations
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#79898F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#79898F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#79898F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#79898F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#79898F color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #79898F color
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Nearest named colors to #79898F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#768993
#73888C
#808992
#7E848B
#798488
#738595
#74918E
#718894
#748B97
#778899
#818988
#808A87
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#79898F
- RGB121, 137, 143
- CMYK9, 2, 0, 44
- CSSrgb(121, 137, 143)
- HSL196°, 9%, 52%
- HSL Precise196.364°, 8.943%, 51.765%
- HSV196°, 15%, 56%
- HSB196°, 15%, 56%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.475
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.537
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.561
- GLSLvec3(0.475, 0.537, 0.561)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.475, 0.537, 0.561, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.475, 0.537, 0.561)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB53.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB56.1%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID79898F
- DECIMAL ID7965071
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
