#7b7e99

Color #7b7e99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.22 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7e99

RGB

rgb(123, 126, 153)

HSL

hsl(234, 12.8%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234, 19.6%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(53.42, 4.85, -14.85)

LCH

lch(53.42, 15.62, 288.09)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0411, 280.08)

HWB

hwb(234, 48.2%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99967b

Analogous

#7b8d99

#7b7e99

#877b99

Triadic

#7b7e99

#997b7e

#7e997b

Split-complementary

#7b7e99

#99877b

#8d997b

Tetradic

#7b7e99

#967b99

#99967b

#7e997b

Square

#7b7e99

#997b8d

#99967b

#7b9987

Shades

Color #7b7e99 mixed toward black.

#646782

#505368

#3c3e4e

#282934

#14151a

Tints

Color #7b7e99 mixed toward white.

#9193aa

#a7a9bb

#bdbecc

#d3d4dd

#e9e9ee

Tones

Color #7b7e99 mixed toward gray.

#7d8096

#808294

#828491

#85868f

#87888c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c93 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#7c7c92 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#7b8e8d · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7e99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7e99]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7b7e99 (#7b7e99) is rgb(123, 126, 153) in RGB.

No, #7b7e99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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