#7b839f

Color #7b839f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.45 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#7b839f

RGB

rgb(123, 131, 159)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 15.8%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 22.6%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(55.02, 3.38, -15.9)

LCH

lch(55.02, 16.26, 282)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0434, 272.51)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 48.2%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f977b

Analogous

#7b959f

#7b839f

#857b9f

Triadic

#7b839f

#9f7b83

#839f7b

Split-complementary

#7b839f

#9f857b

#959f7b

Tetradic

#7b839f

#977b9f

#9f977b

#839f7b

Square

#7b839f

#9f7b95

#9f977b

#7b9f85

Shades

Color #7b839f mixed toward black.

#636b88

#4f566d

#3b4052

#282b36

#14151b

Tints

Color #7b839f mixed toward white.

#9198af

#a7acbf

#bdc1cf

#d3d6df

#e9eaef

Tones

Color #7b839f mixed toward gray.

#7e859c

#818699

#848896

#878a93

#8a8b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f99 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#7e7d97 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#7b9493 · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b839f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b839f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7b839f (#7b839f) is rgb(123, 131, 159) in RGB.

No, #7b839f 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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