#7a8497

Color #7a8497

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 3 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7a8497

RGB

rgb(122, 132, 151)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 12.2%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 19.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(54.94, 0.57, -11.4)

LCH

lch(54.94, 11.41, 272.86)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0311, 263.35)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 47.8%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#978d7a

Analogous

#7a9297

#7a8497

#7e7a97

Triadic

#7a8497

#977a84

#84977a

Split-complementary

#7a8497

#977e7a

#92977a

Tetradic

#7a8497

#8d7a97

#978d7a

#84977a

Square

#7a8497

#977a92

#978d7a

#7a977e

Shades

Color #7a8497 mixed toward black.

#646d80

#505866

#3c424d

#282c33

#14161a

Tints

Color #7a8497 mixed toward white.

#9098a8

#a6adba

#bcc1cb

#d3d6dc

#e9eaee

Tones

Color #7a8497 mixed toward gray.

#7c8594

#7f8592

#818690

#84878d

#86888b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7f93 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#7e7d92 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#7b8f8e · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7a8497;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7a8497]

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

#7a8497 (#7a8497) is rgb(122, 132, 151) in RGB.

No, #7a8497 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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