#7b7597

Color #7b7597

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7597

RGB

rgb(123, 117, 151)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 14%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 22.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(50.88, 9.67, -17.53)

LCH

lch(50.88, 20.02, 298.88)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0519, 292.76)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 45.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#919775

Analogous

#758097

#7b7597

#8c7597

Triadic

#7b7597

#977b75

#75977b

Split-complementary

#7b7597

#978c75

#809775

Tetradic

#7b7597

#977591

#919775

#75977b

Square

#7b7597

#977580

#919775

#75978c

Shades

Color #7b7597 mixed toward black.

#65607f

#514d66

#3d3a4c

#292633

#141319

Tints

Color #7b7597 mixed toward white.

#918ca8

#a7a3ba

#bdbacb

#d3d1dc

#e9e8ee

Tones

Color #7b7597 mixed toward gray.

#7d7894

#7f7b91

#807d8e

#82808c

#848389

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787890 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#79798e · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#7b8a88 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7597;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7597]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#7b7597 (#7b7597) is rgb(123, 117, 151) in RGB.

No, #7b7597 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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