#7d78a3

Color #7d78a3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.98 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7d78a3

RGB

rgb(125, 120, 163)

HSL

hsl(247, 18.9%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247, 26.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(52.33, 11.47, -22.31)

LCH

lch(52.33, 25.09, 297.21)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0652, 289.55)

HWB

hwb(247, 47.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea378

Analogous

#7889a3

#7d78a3

#9378a3

Triadic

#7d78a3

#a37d78

#78a37d

Split-complementary

#7d78a3

#a39378

#89a378

Tetradic

#7d78a3

#a3789e

#9ea378

#78a37d

Square

#7d78a3

#a37889

#9ea378

#78a393

Shades

Color #7d78a3 mixed toward black.

#65608c

#514d70

#3d3954

#282638

#14131c

Tints

Color #7d78a3 mixed toward white.

#938fb2

#a8a5c2

#bebcd1

#d4d2e0

#e9e9f0

Tones

Color #7d78a3 mixed toward gray.

#807c9f

#837f9c

#858398

#888695

#8b8a91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b9a · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#7b7c98 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#7d9291 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7d78a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7d78a3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7d78a3 (#7d78a3) is rgb(125, 120, 163) in RGB.

No, #7d78a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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