#7c79a6

Color #7c79a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.62 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7c79a6

RGB

rgb(124, 121, 166)

HSL

hsl(244, 20.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244, 27.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(52.63, 11.3, -23.59)

LCH

lch(52.63, 26.16, 295.6)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0681, 287.16)

HWB

hwb(244, 47.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a679

Analogous

#798da6

#7c79a6

#9379a6

Triadic

#7c79a6

#a67c79

#79a67c

Split-complementary

#7c79a6

#a69379

#8da679

Tetradic

#7c79a6

#a679a3

#a3a679

#79a67c

Square

#7c79a6

#a6798d

#a3a679

#79a693

Shades

Color #7c79a6 mixed toward black.

#635f90

#4f4c73

#3b3956

#27263a

#14131d

Tints

Color #7c79a6 mixed toward white.

#928fb5

#a8a6c4

#bebcd3

#d3d2e1

#e9e9f0

Tones

Color #7c79a6 mixed toward gray.

#7f7da2

#83819f

#86849b

#898897

#8c8c93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b9d · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#7b7b9a · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#7c9593 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7c79a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c79a6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7c79a6 (#7c79a6) is rgb(124, 121, 166) in RGB.

No, #7c79a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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