#7797cc

Color #7797cc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7797cc

RGB

rgb(119, 151, 204)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 45.5%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 41.7%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 26%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(62.01, 2.55, -30.76)

LCH

lch(62.01, 30.87, 274.74)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.087, 260.27)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 46.7%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccac77

Analogous

#77c1cc

#7797cc

#8177cc

Triadic

#7797cc

#cc7797

#97cc77

Split-complementary

#7797cc

#cc8177

#c1cc77

Tetradic

#7797cc

#ac77cc

#ccac77

#97cc77

Square

#7797cc

#cc77c1

#ccac77

#77cc81

Shades

Color #7797cc mixed toward black.

#5079bd

#3b609d

#2c4875

#1d304e

#0f1827

Tints

Color #7797cc mixed toward white.

#8ea8d4

#a4badd

#bbcbe5

#d2dcee

#e8eef6

Tones

Color #7797cc mixed toward gray.

#7e99c5

#859abe

#8c9cb7

#939eb0

#9aa0a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686c1 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#8482be · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#79b7b5 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7797cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7797cc]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7797cc (#7797cc) is rgb(119, 151, 204) in RGB.

No, #7797cc 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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