#7799ab

Color #7799ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7799ab

RGB

rgb(119, 153, 171)

HSL

hsl(200.8, 23.6%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.8, 30.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(61.35, -7.37, -13.21)

LCH

lch(61.35, 15.13, 240.84)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.0462, 231.42)

HWB

hwb(200.8, 46.7%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab8977

Analogous

#77aba3

#7799ab

#777fab

Triadic

#7799ab

#ab7799

#99ab77

Split-complementary

#7799ab

#ab777f

#aba377

Tetradic

#7799ab

#8977ab

#ab8977

#99ab77

Square

#7799ab

#a377ab

#ab8977

#7fab77

Shades

Color #7799ab mixed toward black.

#5c8295

#4a6878

#374e5a

#25343c

#121a1e

Tints

Color #7799ab mixed toward white.

#8eaab9

#a4bbc7

#bbccd5

#d2dde3

#e8eef1

Tones

Color #7799ab mixed toward gray.

#7b98a7

#8096a2

#84959e

#88949a

#8d9295

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787a7 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#8582a6 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#79a4a3 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 12.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7799ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7799ab]

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#7799ab (#7799ab) is rgb(119, 153, 171) in RGB.

No, #7799ab 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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