#7e79e0

Color #7e79e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.35 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#7e79e0

RGB

rgb(126, 121, 224)

HSL

hsl(242.9, 62.4%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.9, 46%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.7%, 46%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(55.57, 27.68, -52.05)

LCH

lch(55.57, 58.95, 298)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.1516, 283.31)

HWB

hwb(242.9, 47.5%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe079

Analogous

#79a7e0

#7e79e0

#b179e0

Triadic

#7e79e0

#e07e79

#79e07e

Split-complementary

#7e79e0

#e0b179

#a7e079

Tetradic

#7e79e0

#e079db

#dbe079

#79e07e

Square

#7e79e0

#e079a7

#dbe079

#79e0b1

Shades

Color #7e79e0 mixed toward black.

#514ad5

#322bbb

#26208c

#19165d

#0d0b2f

Tints

Color #7e79e0 mixed toward white.

#938fe5

#a9a6ea

#bebcef

#d4d2f5

#e9e9fa

Tones

Color #7e79e0 mixed toward gray.

#8681d7

#8d8acf

#9593c6

#9d9bbe

#a5a4b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ccd · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#7c7dc8 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#7ebcb8 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e79e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e79e0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e79e0 (#7e79e0) is rgb(126, 121, 224) in RGB.

No, #7e79e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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