#7e83ae

Color #7e83ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7e83ae

RGB

rgb(126, 131, 174)

HSL

hsl(233.8, 22.9%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.8, 27.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(55.81, 8.07, -23.3)

LCH

lch(55.81, 24.66, 289.1)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.0651, 279.19)

HWB

hwb(233.8, 49.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea97e

Analogous

#7e9bae

#7e83ae

#917eae

Triadic

#7e83ae

#ae7e83

#83ae7e

Split-complementary

#7e83ae

#ae917e

#9bae7e

Tetradic

#7e83ae

#a97eae

#aea97e

#83ae7e

Square

#7e83ae

#ae7e9b

#aea97e

#7eae91

Shades

Color #7e83ae mixed toward black.

#60669a

#4d527b

#3a3d5c

#27293d

#13141f

Tints

Color #7e83ae mixed toward white.

#9398bb

#a9acc9

#bec1d6

#d4d6e4

#e9eaf1

Tones

Color #7e83ae mixed toward gray.

#8286aa

#8689a6

#8a8ca2

#8e909e

#92939a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080a5 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8080a3 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#7e9d9b · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e83ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e83ae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e83ae (#7e83ae) is rgb(126, 131, 174) in RGB.

No, #7e83ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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