#7ca9ad

Color #7ca9ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.63 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7ca9ad

RGB

rgb(124, 169, 173)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 23%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 28.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(66.27, -14.04, -6.94)

LCH

lch(66.27, 15.66, 206.3)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0485, 202.92)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 48.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad807c

Analogous

#7cad98

#7ca9ad

#7c90ad

Triadic

#7ca9ad

#ad7ca9

#a9ad7c

Split-complementary

#7ca9ad

#ad7c90

#ad987c

Tetradic

#7ca9ad

#807cad

#ad807c

#a9ad7c

Square

#7ca9ad

#987cad

#ad807c

#90ad7c

Shades

Color #7ca9ad mixed toward black.

#5f9398

#4c767a

#39585b

#263b3d

#131d1e

Tints

Color #7ca9ad mixed toward white.

#92b7bb

#a8c6c8

#bdd4d6

#d3e2e4

#e9f1f1

Tones

Color #7ca9ad mixed toward gray.

#80a6a9

#84a2a5

#889fa1

#8c9b9d

#909898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292ac · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#8f8bac · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#7fabab · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7ca9ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7ca9ad]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#7ca9ad (#7ca9ad) is rgb(124, 169, 173) in RGB.

No, #7ca9ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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