#7aade2

Color #7aade2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.71 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7aade2

RGB

rgb(122, 173, 226)

HSL

hsl(210.6, 64.2%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.6, 46%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(46%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.12, -2.83, -31.91)

LCH

lch(69.12, 32.04, 264.93)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0945, 250.15)

HWB

hwb(210.6, 47.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2af7a

Analogous

#7ae1e2

#7aade2

#7b7ae2

Triadic

#7aade2

#e27aad

#ade27a

Split-complementary

#7aade2

#e27b7a

#e1e27a

Tetradic

#7aade2

#af7ae2

#e2af7a

#ade27a

Square

#7aade2

#e27ae1

#e2af7a

#7ae27b

Shades

Color #7aade2 mixed toward black.

#4a90d8

#2a72be

#1f568f

#15395f

#0a1d30

Tints

Color #7aade2 mixed toward white.

#90bbe7

#a6c8ec

#bcd6f0

#d3e4f5

#e9f1fa

Tones

Color #7aade2 mixed toward gray.

#83add9

#8badd1

#94adc8

#9daebf

#a5aeb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393d7 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#908cd4 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#7dcdcb · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7aade2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7aade2]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#7aade2 (#7aade2) is rgb(122, 173, 226) in RGB.

No, #7aade2 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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