#7878a1

Color #7878a1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.2 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7878a1

RGB

rgb(120, 120, 161)

HSL

hsl(240, 17.9%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(51.84, 9.36, -21.94)

LCH

lch(51.84, 23.85, 293.1)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0623, 284.3)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.1%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a178

Analogous

#788da1

#7878a1

#8d78a1

Triadic

#7878a1

#a17878

#78a178

Split-complementary

#7878a1

#a18d78

#8da178

Tetradic

#7878a1

#a178a1

#a1a178

#78a178

Square

#7878a1

#a1788d

#a1a178

#78a18d

Shades

Color #7878a1 mixed toward black.

#60608a

#4d4d6e

#3a3a53

#262637

#13131c

Tints

Color #7878a1 mixed toward white.

#8f8fb1

#a5a5c0

#bcbcd0

#d2d2e0

#e9e9ef

Tones

Color #7878a1 mixed toward gray.

#7b7b9e

#7f7f9a

#828297

#868693

#898990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787898 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#787896 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#78918f · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7878a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7878a1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7878a1 (#7878a1) is rgb(120, 120, 161) in RGB.

No, #7878a1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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