#7e8398

Color #7e8398

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.12 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7e8398

RGB

rgb(126, 131, 152)

HSL

hsl(228.5, 11.2%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.5, 17.1%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(55.01, 2.73, -11.85)

LCH

lch(55.01, 12.16, 282.97)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0322, 274.81)

HWB

hwb(228.5, 49.4%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98937e

Analogous

#7e9098

#7e8398

#867e98

Triadic

#7e8398

#987e83

#83987e

Split-complementary

#7e8398

#98867e

#90987e

Tetradic

#7e8398

#937e98

#98937e

#83987e

Square

#7e8398

#987e90

#98937e

#7e9886

Shades

Color #7e8398 mixed toward black.

#676c81

#525667

#3e414d

#292b34

#15161a

Tints

Color #7e8398 mixed toward white.

#9398a9

#a9acba

#bec1cb

#d4d6dd

#e9eaee

Tones

Color #7e8398 mixed toward gray.

#808496

#828694

#848791

#87888f

#898a8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#808093 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#808092 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#7e8f8f · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e8398;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e8398]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#7e8398 (#7e8398) is rgb(126, 131, 152) in RGB.

No, #7e8398 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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