#7e8397

Color #7e8397

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 4.85 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7e8397

RGB

rgb(126, 131, 151)

HSL

hsl(228, 10.7%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 16.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(54.97, 2.5, -11.32)

LCH

lch(54.97, 11.59, 282.45)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0308, 274.28)

HWB

hwb(228, 49.4%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97927e

Analogous

#7e8f97

#7e8397

#857e97

Triadic

#7e8397

#977e83

#83977e

Split-complementary

#7e8397

#97857e

#8f977e

Tetradic

#7e8397

#927e97

#97927e

#83977e

Square

#7e8397

#977e8f

#97927e

#7e9785

Shades

Color #7e8397 mixed toward black.

#676c80

#525666

#3e414d

#292b33

#15161a

Tints

Color #7e8397 mixed toward white.

#9398a8

#a9acba

#bec1cb

#d4d6dc

#e9eaee

Tones

Color #7e8397 mixed toward gray.

#808495

#828593

#848791

#86888f

#88898d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#808092 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#808091 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#7e8f8e · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 9.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7e8397;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e8397]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#7e8397 (#7e8397) is rgb(126, 131, 151) in RGB.

No, #7e8397 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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