#7fa9eb

Color #7fa9eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.9 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7fa9eb

RGB

rgb(127, 169, 235)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 73%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 46%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(46%, 28.1%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(68.67, 3.18, -37.52)

LCH

lch(68.67, 37.65, 274.84)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1069, 259.22)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 49.8%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebc17f

Analogous

#7fdfeb

#7fa9eb

#8b7feb

Triadic

#7fa9eb

#eb7fa9

#a9eb7f

Split-complementary

#7fa9eb

#eb8b7f

#dfeb7f

Tetradic

#7fa9eb

#c17feb

#ebc17f

#a9eb7f

Square

#7fa9eb

#eb7fdf

#ebc17f

#7feb8b

Shades

Color #7fa9eb mixed toward black.

#4b86e3

#2165d1

#184c9d

#103368

#081934

Tints

Color #7fa9eb mixed toward white.

#94b7ee

#aac6f2

#bfd4f5

#d4e2f8

#eaf1fc

Tones

Color #7fa9eb mixed toward gray.

#88abe2

#91add9

#9aafd0

#a3b1c7

#acb3be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393dd · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#918dda · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#82d2cf · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7fa9eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7fa9eb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#7fa9eb (#7fa9eb) is rgb(127, 169, 235) in RGB.

No, #7fa9eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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