#7f9cad

Color #7f9cad

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7f9cad

RGB

rgb(127, 156, 173)

HSL

hsl(202.2, 21.9%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.2, 26.6%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(62.76, -6.09, -12.16)

LCH

lch(62.76, 13.6, 243.4)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0411, 233.91)

HWB

hwb(202.2, 49.8%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad907f

Analogous

#7fada7

#7f9cad

#7f85ad

Triadic

#7f9cad

#ad7f9c

#9cad7f

Split-complementary

#7f9cad

#ad7f85

#ada77f

Tetradic

#7f9cad

#907fad

#ad907f

#9cad7f

Square

#7f9cad

#a77fad

#ad907f

#85ad7f

Shades

Color #7f9cad mixed toward black.

#628498

#4e6a7a

#3b4f5b

#27353d

#141a1e

Tints

Color #7f9cad mixed toward white.

#94acbb

#aabdc8

#bfcdd6

#d4dee4

#eaeef1

Tones

Color #7f9cad mixed toward gray.

#839ba9

#879aa5

#8a99a1

#8e989e

#92979a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8da9 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#8b89a8 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#81a6a5 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f9cad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f9cad]

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#7f9cad (#7f9cad) is rgb(127, 156, 173) in RGB.

No, #7f9cad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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