#7872ee

Color #7872ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 7.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7872ee

RGB

rgb(120, 114, 238)

HSL

hsl(242.9, 78.5%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.9, 52.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.6%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(54.24, 34.6, -62.05)

LCH

lch(54.24, 71.04, 299.14)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.1809, 281.9)

HWB

hwb(242.9, 44.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ee72

Analogous

#72aaee

#7872ee

#b672ee

Triadic

#7872ee

#ee7872

#72ee78

Split-complementary

#7872ee

#eeb672

#aaee72

Tetradic

#7872ee

#ee72e8

#e8ee72

#72ee78

Square

#7872ee

#ee72aa

#e8ee72

#72eeb6

Shades

Color #7872ee mixed toward black.

#463ee8

#2219d1

#1a139d

#110d69

#090634

Tints

Color #7872ee mixed toward white.

#8e89f1

#a5a1f4

#bbb8f7

#d2d0f9

#e8e7fc

Tones

Color #7872ee mixed toward gray.

#817ce4

#8b87d9

#9491cf

#9d9bc5

#a7a6ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575d8 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#7676d3 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#78c5c0 · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 27.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #7872ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7872ee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7872ee (#7872ee) is rgb(120, 114, 238) in RGB.

No, #7872ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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