#7b7e88

Color #7b7e88

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.71 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#7b7e88

RGB

rgb(123, 126, 136)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 5.2%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 9.6%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(52.85, 0.98, -5.79)

LCH

lch(52.85, 5.87, 279.61)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0156, 272.57)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 48.2%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88857b

Analogous

#7b8588

#7b7e88

#7f7b88

Triadic

#7b7e88

#887b7e

#7e887b

Split-complementary

#7b7e88

#887f7b

#85887b

Tetradic

#7b7e88

#857b88

#88857b

#7e887b

Square

#7b7e88

#887b85

#88857b

#7b887f

Shades

Color #7b7e88 mixed toward black.

#666972

#52545b

#3d3f44

#292a2d

#141517

Tints

Color #7b7e88 mixed toward white.

#91949c

#a7a9b0

#bdbfc4

#d3d4d7

#e9eaeb

Tones

Color #7b7e88 mixed toward gray.

#7c7f87

#7d7f86

#7e8085

#7f8084

#808183

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c86 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#7c7c85 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#7b8483 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b7e88;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b7e88]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7b7e88 (#7b7e88) is rgb(123, 126, 136) in RGB.

No, #7b7e88 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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