#7985b2

Color #7985b2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.18 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7985b2

RGB

rgb(121, 133, 178)

HSL

hsl(227.4, 27%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.4, 32%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 25.3%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(56.14, 6.41, -25.11)

LCH

lch(56.14, 25.92, 284.32)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0696, 272.72)

HWB

hwb(227.4, 47.5%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2a679

Analogous

#79a1b2

#7985b2

#8979b2

Triadic

#7985b2

#b27985

#85b279

Split-complementary

#7985b2

#b28979

#a1b279

Tetradic

#7985b2

#a679b2

#b2a679

#85b279

Square

#7985b2

#b279a1

#b2a679

#79b289

Shades

Color #7985b2 mixed toward black.

#5b699e

#49547f

#373f5f

#242a3f

#121520

Tints

Color #7985b2 mixed toward white.

#8f99bf

#a6aecc

#bcc2d8

#d2d6e5

#e9ebf2

Tones

Color #7985b2 mixed toward gray.

#7e88ad

#828aa8

#878da4

#8c909f

#91939a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ea9 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#7e7da6 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#7aa19f · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 16.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7985b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7985b2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#7985b2 (#7985b2) is rgb(121, 133, 178) in RGB.

No, #7985b2 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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