#7e859d

Color #7e859d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.6 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7e859d

RGB

rgb(126, 133, 157)

HSL

hsl(226.5, 13.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.5, 19.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(55.73, 2.74, -13.64)

LCH

lch(55.73, 13.91, 281.36)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0371, 272.47)

HWB

hwb(226.5, 49.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d967e

Analogous

#7e959d

#7e859d

#877e9d

Triadic

#7e859d

#9d7e85

#859d7e

Split-complementary

#7e859d

#9d877e

#959d7e

Tetradic

#7e859d

#967e9d

#9d967e

#859d7e

Square

#7e859d

#9d7e95

#9d967e

#7e9d87

Shades

Color #7e859d mixed toward black.

#666d86

#51576b

#3d4150

#292c36

#14161b

Tints

Color #7e859d mixed toward white.

#9399ad

#a9aebe

#bec2ce

#d4d6de

#e9ebef

Tones

Color #7e859d mixed toward gray.

#81869a

#838898

#868995

#888b93

#8b8c90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818198 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#818096 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#7e9392 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 10.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7e859d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e859d]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e859d (#7e859d) is rgb(126, 133, 157) in RGB.

No, #7e859d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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