#78809f

Color #78809f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.27 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#78809f

RGB

rgb(120, 128, 159)

HSL

hsl(227.7, 16.9%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.7, 24.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(53.96, 4.15, -17.53)

LCH

lch(53.96, 18.01, 283.32)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0481, 273.58)

HWB

hwb(227.7, 47.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9778

Analogous

#78939f

#78809f

#83789f

Triadic

#78809f

#9f7880

#809f78

Split-complementary

#78809f

#9f8378

#939f78

Tetradic

#78809f

#97789f

#9f9778

#809f78

Square

#78809f

#9f7893

#9f9778

#789f83

Shades

Color #78809f mixed toward black.

#616988

#4d546d

#3a3f52

#272a36

#13151b

Tints

Color #78809f mixed toward white.

#8e95af

#a5aabf

#bbbfcf

#d2d5df

#e8eaef

Tones

Color #78809f mixed toward gray.

#7b829c

#7e8498

#828695

#858892

#888a8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c98 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#7b7a97 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#789391 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 13.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #78809f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78809f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#78809f (#78809f) is rgb(120, 128, 159) in RGB.

No, #78809f 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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