#7f7b9b

Color #7f7b9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7f7b9b

RGB

rgb(127, 123, 155)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 13.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 20.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(53, 8.42, -16.62)

LCH

lch(53, 18.63, 296.87)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0484, 290.57)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 48.2%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979b7b

Analogous

#7b879b

#7f7b9b

#8f7b9b

Triadic

#7f7b9b

#9b7f7b

#7b9b7f

Split-complementary

#7f7b9b

#9b8f7b

#879b7b

Tetradic

#7f7b9b

#9b7b97

#979b7b

#7b9b7f

Square

#7f7b9b

#9b7b87

#979b7b

#7b9b8f

Shades

Color #7f7b9b mixed toward black.

#686484

#535069

#3e3c4f

#2a2835

#15141a

Tints

Color #7f7b9b mixed toward white.

#9491ac

#aaa7bc

#bfbdcd

#d4d3de

#eae9ee

Tones

Color #7f7b9b mixed toward gray.

#817e98

#838096

#858393

#878690

#89888e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d94 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7e7e92 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#7f8e8d · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 14.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7f7b9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f7b9b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7f7b9b (#7f7b9b) is rgb(127, 123, 155) in RGB.

No, #7f7b9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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