#7d799d

Color #7d799d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7d799d

RGB

rgb(125, 121, 157)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 15.5%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 22.9%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(52.36, 9.41, -18.77)

LCH

lch(52.36, 21, 296.63)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0546, 289.7)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 47.5%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999d79

Analogous

#79879d

#7d799d

#8f799d

Triadic

#7d799d

#9d7d79

#799d7d

Split-complementary

#7d799d

#9d8f79

#879d79

Tetradic

#7d799d

#9d7999

#999d79

#799d7d

Square

#7d799d

#9d7987

#999d79

#799d8f

Shades

Color #7d799d mixed toward black.

#666286

#514e6b

#3d3b50

#292736

#14141b

Tints

Color #7d799d mixed toward white.

#938fad

#a8a6be

#bebcce

#d4d2de

#e9e9ef

Tones

Color #7d799d mixed toward gray.

#7f7c9a

#827f97

#848294

#868591

#89888e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

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

#7b7b95 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7c7c93 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#7d8f8d · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7d799d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7d799d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7d799d (#7d799d) is rgb(125, 121, 157) in RGB.

No, #7d799d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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