#7b8188

Color #7b8188

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.6 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7b8188

RGB

rgb(123, 129, 136)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 5.2%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 9.6%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(53.7, -0.74, -4.54)

LCH

lch(53.7, 4.6, 260.74)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0128, 252.27)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 48.2%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88827b

Analogous

#7b8888

#7b8188

#7c7b88

Triadic

#7b8188

#887b81

#81887b

Split-complementary

#7b8188

#887c7b

#88887b

Tetradic

#7b8188

#827b88

#88827b

#81887b

Square

#7b8188

#887b88

#88827b

#7b887c

Shades

Color #7b8188 mixed toward black.

#666c72

#52565b

#3d4144

#292b2d

#141617

Tints

Color #7b8188 mixed toward white.

#91969c

#a7abb0

#bdc0c4

#d3d5d7

#e9eaeb

Tones

Color #7b8188 mixed toward gray.

#7c8187

#7d8186

#7e8185

#7f8184

#808183

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e86 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#7d7d86 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#7b8585 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b8188;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b8188]

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Frequently asked questions

#7b8188 (#7b8188) is rgb(123, 129, 136) in RGB.

No, #7b8188 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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