#7899c9

Color #7899c9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.82 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7899c9

RGB

rgb(120, 153, 201)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 42.9%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 40.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(62.5, 0.84, -28.32)

LCH

lch(62.5, 28.33, 271.7)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0806, 257.67)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 47.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9a878

Analogous

#78c1c9

#7899c9

#7f78c9

Triadic

#7899c9

#c97899

#99c978

Split-complementary

#7899c9

#c97f78

#c1c978

Tetradic

#7899c9

#a878c9

#c9a878

#99c978

Square

#7899c9

#c978c1

#c9a878

#78c97f

Shades

Color #7899c9 mixed toward black.

#527cba

#3d6299

#2e4a73

#1f314c

#0f1926

Tints

Color #7899c9 mixed toward white.

#8eaad2

#a5bbdb

#bbcce4

#d2dded

#e8eef6

Tones

Color #7899c9 mixed toward gray.

#7f9ac2

#859bbb

#8c9db5

#939eae

#9a9fa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888bf · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#8683bc · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#7ab6b4 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7899c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7899c9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#7899c9 (#7899c9) is rgb(120, 153, 201) in RGB.

No, #7899c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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