#7a85b8

Color #7a85b8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.66 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7a85b8

RGB

rgb(122, 133, 184)

HSL

hsl(229.4, 30.4%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.4, 33.7%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(56.46, 8.31, -28.05)

LCH

lch(56.46, 29.26, 286.5)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.078, 274.56)

HWB

hwb(229.4, 47.8%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8ad7a

Analogous

#7aa4b8

#7a85b8

#8e7ab8

Triadic

#7a85b8

#b87a85

#85b87a

Split-complementary

#7a85b8

#b88e7a

#a4b87a

Tetradic

#7a85b8

#ad7ab8

#b8ad7a

#85b87a

Square

#7a85b8

#b87aa4

#b8ad7a

#7ab88e

Shades

Color #7a85b8 mixed toward black.

#5966a6

#475285

#353d64

#232943

#121421

Tints

Color #7a85b8 mixed toward white.

#9099c4

#a6aed0

#bcc2dc

#d3d6e7

#e9ebf3

Tones

Color #7a85b8 mixed toward gray.

#7f88b3

#848cae

#898fa9

#8f92a3

#94969e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fad · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#7e7dab · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#7ba4a2 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7a85b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7a85b8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#7a85b8 (#7a85b8) is rgb(122, 133, 184) in RGB.

No, #7a85b8 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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