#7e859f

Color #7e859f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.53 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7e859f

RGB

rgb(126, 133, 159)

HSL

hsl(227.3, 14.7%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.3, 20.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(55.8, 3.21, -14.69)

LCH

lch(55.8, 15.04, 282.33)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0401, 273.29)

HWB

hwb(227.3, 49.4%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f987e

Analogous

#7e969f

#7e859f

#887e9f

Triadic

#7e859f

#9f7e85

#859f7e

Split-complementary

#7e859f

#9f887e

#969f7e

Tetradic

#7e859f

#987e9f

#9f987e

#859f7e

Square

#7e859f

#9f7e96

#9f987e

#7e9f88

Shades

Color #7e859f mixed toward black.

#656d88

#51576d

#3d4152

#292b36

#14161b

Tints

Color #7e859f mixed toward white.

#9499af

#a9aebf

#bfc2cf

#d4d6df

#eaebef

Tones

Color #7e859f mixed toward gray.

#81879c

#84889a

#868a97

#898b94

#8c8d91

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

#818199 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#818098 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#7e9493 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e859f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e859f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#7e859f (#7e859f) is rgb(126, 133, 159) in RGB.

No, #7e859f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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