#7874ac

Color #7874ac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.94 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7874ac

RGB

rgb(120, 116, 172)

HSL

hsl(244.3, 25.2%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.3, 32.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 32.6%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(51.22, 14.59, -29.28)

LCH

lch(51.22, 32.71, 296.49)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.085, 286.75)

HWB

hwb(244.3, 45.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8ac74

Analogous

#748cac

#7874ac

#9474ac

Triadic

#7874ac

#ac7874

#74ac78

Split-complementary

#7874ac

#ac9474

#8cac74

Tetradic

#7874ac

#ac74a8

#a8ac74

#74ac78

Square

#7874ac

#ac748c

#a8ac74

#74ac94

Shades

Color #7874ac mixed toward black.

#5e5a96

#4b4878

#38365a

#26243c

#13121e

Tints

Color #7874ac mixed toward white.

#8f8bba

#a5a2c8

#bcbad6

#d2d1e3

#e9e8f1

Tones

Color #7874ac mixed toward gray.

#7c79a7

#807da3

#84829e

#888799

#8c8b95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676a1 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#77779e · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#789795 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7874ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7874ac]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7874ac (#7874ac) is rgb(120, 116, 172) in RGB.

No, #7874ac 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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