#7e7986

Color #7e7986

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7e7986

RGB

rgb(126, 121, 134)

HSL

hsl(263.1, 5.1%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.1, 9.7%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 9.7%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(51.65, 4.54, -6.39)

LCH

lch(51.65, 7.84, 305.39)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0204, 303.22)

HWB

hwb(263.1, 47.5%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#818679

Analogous

#797a86

#7e7986

#857986

Triadic

#7e7986

#867e79

#79867e

Split-complementary

#7e7986

#868579

#7a8679

Tetradic

#7e7986

#867981

#818679

#79867e

Square

#7e7986

#86797a

#818679

#798685

Shades

Color #7e7986 mixed toward black.

#696570

#545159

#3f3c43

#2a282d

#151416

Tints

Color #7e7986 mixed toward white.

#948f9a

#a9a6ae

#bfbcc3

#d4d2d7

#eae9eb

Tones

Color #7e7986 mixed toward gray.

#7e7a85

#7f7b84

#7f7c83

#7f7d82

#7f7e81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c83 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#7c7d82 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#7e8180 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e7986;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e7986]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#7e7986 (#7e7986) is rgb(126, 121, 134) in RGB.

No, #7e7986 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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