#7897ce

Color #7897ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.23 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#7897ce

RGB

rgb(120, 151, 206)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 46.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 41.7%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(62.15, 3.38, -31.65)

LCH

lch(62.15, 31.83, 276.1)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0892, 261.55)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 47.1%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceaf78

Analogous

#78c2ce

#7897ce

#8478ce

Triadic

#7897ce

#ce7897

#97ce78

Split-complementary

#7897ce

#ce8478

#c2ce78

Tetradic

#7897ce

#af78ce

#ceaf78

#97ce78

Square

#7897ce

#ce78c2

#ceaf78

#78ce84

Shades

Color #7897ce mixed toward black.

#5078bf

#3a5e9f

#2b4778

#1d2f50

#0e1828

Tints

Color #7897ce mixed toward white.

#8ea8d6

#a5bade

#bbcbe6

#d2dcef

#e8eef7

Tones

Color #7897ce mixed toward gray.

#7f99c7

#869bc0

#8d9db8

#959fb1

#9ca1aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787c3 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#8582c0 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#7ab9b7 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 18.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7897ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7897ce]

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

#7897ce (#7897ce) is rgb(120, 151, 206) in RGB.

No, #7897ce 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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