What color is #798D81?

#798D81 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mummy’s Tomb. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #798D81?

The RGB value is 121, 141, 129: 121 red, 141 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #798D81?

The complementary color is #8D7985, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #798D81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.94:1 and white text 3.54:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#798D81 color

#798D81 rgb(121, 141, 129)

Shades of gray

The hex color #798D81 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 55.3% green and 50.6% blue (121, 141, 129).

Its hue angle is 144°, with 8% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Mummy’s Tomb (#828E84), a difference of 3.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.94:1).

#798D81 color codes

HEX	`#798D81`
RGB	`rgb(121, 141, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 55.3%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(144, 8%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(144, 14%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(14%, 0%, 9%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.78, -9.67, 3.99)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.78, 10.46, 157.55)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.372, 24.699, 24.406)`
Decimal	`7966081`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #798D81, 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 #798D81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.94:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.54:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#798D81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.54:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.94:1	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 #798D81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #798d81; }
.text { color: #798d81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #798d81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 141 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #798d81, #798d8b); }

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Questions

What color is #798D81?: #798D81 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mummy’s Tomb. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #798D81?: The RGB value is 121, 141, 129: 121 red, 141 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #798D81?: The complementary color is #8D7985, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #798D81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.94:1 and white text 3.54:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.