#7e8896

Color #7e8896

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 2.95 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7e8896

RGB

rgb(126, 136, 150)

HSL

hsl(215, 10.3%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 16%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 9.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(56.33, -0.6, -8.7)

LCH

lch(56.33, 8.72, 266.05)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.0241, 256.83)

HWB

hwb(215, 49.4%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968c7e

Analogous

#7e9496

#7e8896

#807e96

Triadic

#7e8896

#967e88

#88967e

Split-complementary

#7e8896

#96807e

#94967e

Tetradic

#7e8896

#8c7e96

#968c7e

#88967e

Square

#7e8896

#967e94

#968c7e

#7e9680

Shades

Color #7e8896 mixed toward black.

#67717f

#525a65

#3e444c

#292d33

#151719

Tints

Color #7e8896 mixed toward white.

#939ca8

#a9b0b9

#bec3cb

#d4d7dc

#e9ebee

Tones

Color #7e8896 mixed toward gray.

#808894

#828992

#848990

#86898e

#888a8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828393 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#828192 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#7f9090 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e8896;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e8896]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e8896 (#7e8896) is rgb(126, 136, 150) in RGB.

No, #7e8896 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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