#7c7e97

Color #7c7e97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7c7e97

RGB

rgb(124, 126, 151)

HSL

hsl(235.6, 11.5%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.6, 17.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(53.43, 4.72, -13.66)

LCH

lch(53.43, 14.45, 289.06)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.038, 281.55)

HWB

hwb(235.6, 48.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97957c

Analogous

#7c8b97

#7c7e97

#877c97

Triadic

#7c7e97

#977c7e

#7e977c

Split-complementary

#7c7e97

#97877c

#8b977c

Tetradic

#7c7e97

#957c97

#97957c

#7e977c

Square

#7c7e97

#977c8b

#97957c

#7c9787

Shades

Color #7c7e97 mixed toward black.

#656780

#515366

#3d3e4d

#292933

#14151a

Tints

Color #7c7e97 mixed toward white.

#9293a8

#a8a9ba

#bdbecb

#d3d4dc

#e9e9ee

Tones

Color #7c7e97 mixed toward gray.

#7e8095

#808292

#838490

#85868e

#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

#7d7d91 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#7d7d90 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#7c8d8c · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7c7e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c7e97]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7c7e97 (#7c7e97) is rgb(124, 126, 151) in RGB.

No, #7c7e97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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