Information about #78799F color

#78799F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#78799F falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(120, 121, 159) — 47.1% red, 47.5% green, 62.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 15 / 15 / 0 / 38. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #78799F reads as a calm, restrained deep-sea blue and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Stained Red (#78779B). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rhythm (#777696) and Grayish Blue (#7D7DA8).

The recipe behind #78799F is rgb(120, 121, 159), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #78799F: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #78799F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#78799F color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#78799F color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#78799F color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#454662

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Black

#000000

#78799F color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#78799F color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#78799F 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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#798EA0
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#A0797A
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#7AA079
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#9E79A0
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#A0798E
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#A09E79
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#79A08B
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Nearest named colors to #78799F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Stained Red color link
Stained Red

#78779B

Rhythm color link
Rhythm

#777696

Grayish Blue color link
Grayish Blue

#7D7DA8

Light Slate Gray color link
Light Slate Gray

#778899

Steel color link
Steel

#738595

Scotty Silver color link
Scotty Silver

#758A9C

Grayish Sapphire Blue color link
Grayish Sapphire Blue

#7D88A8

Slate Gray color link
Slate Gray

#708090

Wisteria Color color link
Wisteria Color

#89729E

Grayish Indigo color link
Grayish Indigo

#887DA8

Shadow Blue color link
Shadow Blue

#778BA5

Ship Cove color link
Ship Cove

#7988AB

#78799F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#78799F
  • RGB120, 121, 159
  • CMYK15, 15, 0, 38
  • CSSrgb(120, 121, 159)
  • HSL238°, 17%, 55%
  • HSL Precise238.462°, 16.883%, 54.706%
  • HSV238°, 25%, 62%
  • HSB238°, 25%, 62%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.624
  • GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.475, 0.624)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.475, 0.624, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.475, 0.624)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB62.4%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID78799F
  • DECIMAL ID7895455
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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