What color is #79817A?

#79817A is a gray, closest to the named color Happy Hippo. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79817A?

The RGB value is 121, 129, 122: 121 red, 129 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79817A?

The complementary color is #817980, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79817A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.23:1 and white text 4.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79817A color

#79817A rgb(121, 129, 122)

Shades of gray

The hex color #79817A is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 50.6% green and 47.8% blue (121, 129, 122).

Its hue angle is 128°, with 3% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Happy Hippo (#818581), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.23:1).

#79817A color codes

HEX	`#79817A`
RGB	`rgb(121, 129, 122)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 50.6%, 47.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(128, 3%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(128, 6%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 0%, 5%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.14, -4.38, 2.77)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.14, 5.18, 147.69)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.248, 21.17, 21.481)`
Decimal	`7963002`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79817A, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #79817A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.23:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#79817A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.23:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #79817A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79817a; }
.text { color: #79817a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79817a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 129 122 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79817a, #79817e); }

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Questions

What color is #79817A?: #79817A is a gray, closest to the named color Happy Hippo. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79817A?: The RGB value is 121, 129, 122: 121 red, 129 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79817A?: The complementary color is #817980, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79817A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.23:1 and white text 4.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.