#7889a6

Color #7889a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.95 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7889a6

RGB

rgb(120, 137, 166)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 20.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 27.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(56.72, 0.69, -17.36)

LCH

lch(56.72, 17.37, 272.28)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.0482, 261.05)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 47.1%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69578

Analogous

#78a0a6

#7889a6

#7e78a6

Triadic

#7889a6

#a67889

#89a678

Split-complementary

#7889a6

#a67e78

#a0a678

Tetradic

#7889a6

#9578a6

#a69578

#89a678

Square

#7889a6

#a678a0

#a69578

#78a67e

Shades

Color #7889a6 mixed toward black.

#5f7190

#4c5a73

#394456

#262d39

#13171d

Tints

Color #7889a6 mixed toward white.

#8f9db5

#a5b0c4

#bcc4d3

#d2d8e1

#e9ebf0

Tones

Color #7889a6 mixed toward gray.

#7c8aa2

#808b9e

#848c9b

#878d97

#8b8e93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080a0 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#7f7d9e · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#799a99 · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7889a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7889a6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7889a6 (#7889a6) is rgb(120, 137, 166) in RGB.

No, #7889a6 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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