What color is #79827A?

#79827A is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79827A?

The RGB value is 121, 130, 122: 121 red, 130 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79827A?

The complementary color is #827981, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79827A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 and white text 3.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79827A color

#79827A rgb(121, 130, 122)

Shades of gray

The hex color #79827A is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 51% green and 47.8% blue (121, 130, 122).

Its hue angle is 127°, with 4% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Smoke (#738276), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.29:1).

#79827A color codes

HEX	`#79827A`
RGB	`rgb(121, 130, 122)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 51%, 47.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(127, 4%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(127, 7%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(7%, 0%, 6%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.42, -4.95, 3.19)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.42, 5.88, 147.21)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.38, 21.435, 21.525)`
Decimal	`7963258`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79827A, 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 #79827A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.29:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.97:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#79827A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.97:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.29:1	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 #79827A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79827a; }
.text { color: #79827a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79827a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 130 122 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79827a, #79827f); }

Background

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Questions

What color is #79827A?: #79827A is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79827A?: The RGB value is 121, 130, 122: 121 red, 130 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79827A?: The complementary color is #827981, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79827A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 and white text 3.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.