#7b7a98

Color #7b7a98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7a98

RGB

rgb(123, 122, 152)

HSL

hsl(242, 12.7%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242, 19.7%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(52.28, 6.96, -15.99)

LCH

lch(52.28, 17.44, 293.52)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0455, 286.48)

HWB

hwb(242, 47.8%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97987a

Analogous

#7a8898

#7b7a98

#8a7a98

Triadic

#7b7a98

#987b7a

#7a987b

Split-complementary

#7b7a98

#988a7a

#88987a

Tetradic

#7b7a98

#987a97

#97987a

#7a987b

Square

#7b7a98

#987a88

#97987a

#7a988a

Shades

Color #7b7a98 mixed toward black.

#656481

#505067

#3c3c4d

#282833

#14141a

Tints

Color #7b7a98 mixed toward white.

#9190a9

#a7a6ba

#bdbccb

#d3d3dd

#e9e9ee

Tones

Color #7b7a98 mixed toward gray.

#7d7c95

#807f93

#828190

#84848e

#87868b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b91 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#7b7b90 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#7b8c8b · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7a98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7a98]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7b7a98 (#7b7a98) is rgb(123, 122, 152) in RGB.

No, #7b7a98 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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