#7a99a8

Color #7a99a8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.41 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7a99a8

RGB

rgb(122, 153, 168)

HSL

hsl(199.6, 20.9%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.6, 27.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.43, -7.2, -11.37)

LCH

lch(61.43, 13.46, 237.66)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0411, 228.95)

HWB

hwb(199.6, 47.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8897a

Analogous

#7aa8a0

#7a99a8

#7a82a8

Triadic

#7a99a8

#a87a99

#99a87a

Split-complementary

#7a99a8

#a87a82

#a8a07a

Tetradic

#7a99a8

#897aa8

#a8897a

#99a87a

Square

#7a99a8

#a07aa8

#a8897a

#82a87a

Shades

Color #7a99a8 mixed toward black.

#608292

#4d6875

#394e58

#26343a

#131a1d

Tints

Color #7a99a8 mixed toward white.

#90aab7

#a6bbc5

#bdccd4

#d3dde2

#e9eef1

Tones

Color #7a99a8 mixed toward gray.

#7e98a4

#8296a0

#86959d

#899499

#8d9295

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a5 · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#8784a4 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#7ca2a1 · ΔE 8.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7a99a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7a99a8]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#7a99a8 (#7a99a8) is rgb(122, 153, 168) in RGB.

No, #7a99a8 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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