#7b7799

Color #7b7799

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7799

RGB

rgb(123, 119, 153)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 14.3%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 22.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(51.5, 8.97, -17.76)

LCH

lch(51.5, 19.9, 296.8)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0518, 290.12)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 46.7%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959977

Analogous

#778499

#7b7799

#8c7799

Triadic

#7b7799

#997b77

#77997b

Split-complementary

#7b7799

#998c77

#849977

Tetradic

#7b7799

#997795

#959977

#77997b

Square

#7b7799

#997784

#959977

#77998c

Shades

Color #7b7799 mixed toward black.

#656181

#514e68

#3d3a4e

#282734

#14131a

Tints

Color #7b7799 mixed toward white.

#918eaa

#a7a4bb

#bdbbcc

#d3d2dd

#e9e8ee

Tones

Color #7b7799 mixed toward gray.

#7d7a96

#7f7d93

#817f90

#84828e

#86858b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797992 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#7a7a90 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#7b8c8a · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7799;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7799]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7b7799 (#7b7799) is rgb(123, 119, 153) in RGB.

No, #7b7799 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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