#79697E

sRGB: 121 / 105 / 126

Wandering spirits surge toward distant shores
Secret gardens cascade across forgotten valleys
Silver wings transcend the limits of dreams

#79697E belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 121 red, 105 green and 126 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 285.7° lands in the magenta region. Its 9.1% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 45.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.08:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 121, 105, 126
HSL: 285.71°, 9.09%, 45.29%
HSV / HSB: 285.71°, 16.67%, 49.41%
CMYK (approx.): 3.97%, 16.67%, 0.00%, 50.59%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.702, 15.675, 21.885
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 46.545, 10.469, -9.311
WCAG relative luminance: 0.15674
24-bit decimal: 7956862

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #79697E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 4.13:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.08:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#6E7E69 sits half a turn (180°) from #79697E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#79697E #6E7E69

Analogous

#6F697E and #7E6978 sit 30° to either side of #79697E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#6F697E #79697E #7E6978

Triadic

#79697E, #7E7969 and #697E79 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#79697E #7E7969 #697E79

Split complementary

Start at #79697E and look across the wheel. #787E69 and #697E6F sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#79697E #787E69 #697E6F

Square

Starting with #79697E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #7E6F69, #6E7E69, then #69787E. Across the square, #79697E pairs with #6E7E69, and #7E6F69 with #69787E.

#79697E #7E6F69 #6E7E69 #69787E

Tetradic

#79697E and #6E7E69 are opposites, as are #7E696E and #697E79. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#79697E #7E696E #6E7E69 #697E79

Tints

Mixing #79697E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #948798, keeps 80% of the original. By #E4E1E5, the mixture is 80% white.

#79697E #948798 #AFA5B2 #C9C3CB #E4E1E5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #79697E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #615465, keeps 80% of the original. By #181519, the mixture is 80% black.

#79697E #615465 #493F4C #302A32 #181519 #000000

Tones

Mixing #79697E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7A6E7E, keeps 80% of the original. By #7F7B80, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#79697E #7A6E7E #7C727F #7D777F #7F7B80 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#79697E

RGB

rgb(121 105 126)

HSL

hsl(285.714 9.091% 45.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #79697E;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#79697E uses 121 red, 105 green and 126 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 47.5%

Green 41.2%

Blue 49.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #79697E is 4.0% cyan, 16.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 50.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.0%

Magenta 16.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 50.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #776677. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #767 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #79697E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #666666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #776677 Nearest web-safe: #666666

Gradient to complement

#79697E #776D7B #757077 #747474 #727770 #707B6D #6E7E69

Color vision previews

Compare how #79697E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#676D7F

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#6A6F7D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#796B70

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6E6C7E

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6F6D7E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#786A79

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#6E6E6E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#746C76

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.19120 G 0.14126 B 0.20864

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.46414 G 0.41404 B 0.48840

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.18234 G 0.14292 B 0.20346

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.308 y 0.289 Y 15.675

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 52.549 M % 58.824 Y % 50.588

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01111001 01101001 01111110