#7699d0

Color #7699d0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.01 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7699d0

RGB

rgb(118, 153, 208)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 48.9%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 43.3%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(62.66, 2.28, -31.98)

LCH

lch(62.66, 32.06, 274.08)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0908, 259.21)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 46.3%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0ad76

Analogous

#76c6d0

#7699d0

#8076d0

Triadic

#7699d0

#d07699

#99d076

Split-complementary

#7699d0

#d08076

#c6d076

Tetradic

#7699d0

#ad76d0

#d0ad76

#99d076

Square

#7699d0

#d076c6

#d0ad76

#76d080

Shades

Color #7699d0 mixed toward black.

#4d7bc2

#3861a2

#2a4979

#1c3051

#0e1828

Tints

Color #7699d0 mixed toward white.

#8daad8

#a4bbe0

#bacce7

#d1ddef

#e8eef7

Tones

Color #7699d0 mixed toward gray.

#7d9bc8

#859cc1

#8c9eb9

#94a0b2

#9ba1aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787c5 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#8582c2 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#78bbb9 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 18.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7699d0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7699d0]

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

#7699d0 (#7699d0) is rgb(118, 153, 208) in RGB.

No, #7699d0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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