#7b78b8

Color #7b78b8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.56 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#7b78b8

RGB

rgb(123, 120, 184)

HSL

hsl(242.8, 31.1%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.8, 34.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(53.06, 16.29, -33.32)

LCH

lch(53.06, 37.09, 296.05)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0964, 285.28)

HWB

hwb(242.8, 47.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b878

Analogous

#7895b8

#7b78b8

#9b78b8

Triadic

#7b78b8

#b87b78

#78b87b

Split-complementary

#7b78b8

#b89b78

#95b878

Tetradic

#7b78b8

#b878b5

#b5b878

#78b87b

Square

#7b78b8

#b87895

#b5b878

#78b89b

Shades

Color #7b78b8 mixed toward black.

#5b57a6

#494685

#373464

#242342

#121121

Tints

Color #7b78b8 mixed toward white.

#918ec4

#a7a5d0

#bdbbdc

#d3d2e7

#e9e8f3

Tones

Color #7b78b8 mixed toward gray.

#807db3

#8583ad

#8988a8

#8e8da3

#93939d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7aab · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#7a7aa8 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#7ba09e · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b78b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b78b8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7b78b8 (#7b78b8) is rgb(123, 120, 184) in RGB.

No, #7b78b8 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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