#7a9cac

Color #7a9cac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.66 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7a9cac

RGB

rgb(122, 156, 172)

HSL

hsl(199.2, 23.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.2, 29.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(62.42, -7.87, -12.15)

LCH

lch(62.42, 14.48, 237.07)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0445, 228.28)

HWB

hwb(199.2, 47.8%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac8a7a

Analogous

#7aaca3

#7a9cac

#7a83ac

Triadic

#7a9cac

#ac7a9c

#9cac7a

Split-complementary

#7a9cac

#ac7a83

#aca37a

Tetradic

#7a9cac

#8a7aac

#ac8a7a

#9cac7a

Square

#7a9cac

#a37aac

#ac8a7a

#83ac7a

Shades

Color #7a9cac mixed toward black.

#5e8597

#4b6a79

#38505a

#26353c

#131b1e

Tints

Color #7a9cac mixed toward white.

#90acba

#a6bdc8

#bccdd5

#d3dee3

#e9eef1

Tones

Color #7a9cac mixed toward gray.

#7e9aa8

#8299a4

#86979f

#8b969b

#8f9497

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8aa8 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#8885a7 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#7ca5a5 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7a9cac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7a9cac]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#7a9cac (#7a9cac) is rgb(122, 156, 172) in RGB.

No, #7a9cac 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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