#7b8197

Color #7b8197

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.33 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7b8197

RGB

rgb(123, 129, 151)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 11.9%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 18.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(54.18, 2.63, -12.53)

LCH

lch(54.18, 12.8, 281.85)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0342, 273.36)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 48.2%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97917b

Analogous

#7b8f97

#7b8197

#837b97

Triadic

#7b8197

#977b81

#81977b

Split-complementary

#7b8197

#97837b

#8f977b

Tetradic

#7b8197

#917b97

#97917b

#81977b

Square

#7b8197

#977b8f

#97917b

#7b9783

Shades

Color #7b8197 mixed toward black.

#656a80

#505566

#3c404d

#282b33

#14151a

Tints

Color #7b8197 mixed toward white.

#9196a8

#a7abba

#bdc0cb

#d3d5dc

#e9eaee

Tones

Color #7b8197 mixed toward gray.

#7d8295

#808492

#828590

#84868e

#87888b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e92 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#7d7d91 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#7b8e8d · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b8197;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b8197]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#7b8197 (#7b8197) is rgb(123, 129, 151) in RGB.

No, #7b8197 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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