#7b9c97

Color #7b9c97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7b9c97

RGB

rgb(123, 156, 151)

HSL

hsl(170.9, 14.3%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.9, 21.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(61.84, -12.46, -1.14)

LCH

lch(61.84, 12.51, 185.23)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.0373, 185.07)

HWB

hwb(170.9, 48.2%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c7b80

Analogous

#7b9c86

#7b9c97

#7b909c

Triadic

#7b9c97

#977b9c

#9c977b

Split-complementary

#7b9c97

#9c7b90

#9c867b

Tetradic

#7b9c97

#7b809c

#9c7b80

#9c977b

Square

#7b9c97

#867b9c

#9c7b80

#909c7b

Shades

Color #7b9c97 mixed toward black.

#648580

#506a66

#3c504d

#283533

#141b1a

Tints

Color #7b9c97 mixed toward white.

#91ada8

#a7bdba

#bdcecb

#d3dedc

#e9efee

Tones

Color #7b9c97 mixed toward gray.

#7e9995

#809693

#839491

#86918f

#898e8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b98 · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#898699 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#7d9999 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b9c97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b9c97]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#7b9c97 (#7b9c97) is rgb(123, 156, 151) in RGB.

No, #7b9c97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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