#7b7397

Color #7b7397

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7397

RGB

rgb(123, 115, 151)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 14.8%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 23.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(50.34, 10.86, -18.36)

LCH

lch(50.34, 21.33, 300.6)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.0553, 294.8)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 45.1%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f9773

Analogous

#737d97

#7b7397

#8d7397

Triadic

#7b7397

#977b73

#73977b

Split-complementary

#7b7397

#978d73

#7d9773

Tetradic

#7b7397

#97738f

#8f9773

#73977b

Square

#7b7397

#97737d

#8f9773

#73978d

Shades

Color #7b7397 mixed toward black.

#665f7f

#514c66

#3d394c

#292633

#141319

Tints

Color #7b7397 mixed toward white.

#918aa8

#a7a2ba

#bdb9cb

#d3d0dc

#e9e8ee

Tones

Color #7b7397 mixed toward gray.

#7d7694

#7e7991

#807c8e

#827f8b

#838288

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78788f · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#78798d · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#7b8987 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7397;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7397]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#7b7397 (#7b7397) is rgb(123, 115, 151) in RGB.

No, #7b7397 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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