#7e7e9d

Color #7e7e9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7e7e9d

RGB

rgb(126, 126, 157)

HSL

hsl(240, 13.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 19.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(53.8, 6.81, -16.56)

LCH

lch(53.8, 17.91, 292.35)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0468, 284.87)

HWB

hwb(240, 49.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9d7e

Analogous

#7e8e9d

#7e7e9d

#8e7e9d

Triadic

#7e7e9d

#9d7e7e

#7e9d7e

Split-complementary

#7e7e9d

#9d8e7e

#8e9d7e

Tetradic

#7e7e9d

#9d7e9d

#9d9d7e

#7e9d7e

Square

#7e7e9d

#9d7e8e

#9d9d7e

#7e9d8e

Shades

Color #7e7e9d mixed toward black.

#666686

#51516b

#3d3d50

#292936

#14141b

Tints

Color #7e7e9d mixed toward white.

#9393ad

#a9a9be

#bebece

#d4d4de

#e9e9ef

Tones

Color #7e7e9d mixed toward gray.

#81819a

#838398

#868695

#888893

#8b8b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e96 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#7e7e95 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#7e918f · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 13.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #7e7e9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e7e9d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e7e9d (#7e7e9d) is rgb(126, 126, 157) in RGB.

No, #7e7e9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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