#7b8baf

Color #7b8baf

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.08 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7b8baf

RGB

rgb(123, 139, 175)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 24.5%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 29.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(57.82, 2.76, -20.81)

LCH

lch(57.82, 20.99, 277.55)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0574, 266.11)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 48.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af9f7b

Analogous

#7ba5af

#7b8baf

#857baf

Triadic

#7b8baf

#af7b8b

#8baf7b

Split-complementary

#7b8baf

#af857b

#a5af7b

Tetradic

#7b8baf

#9f7baf

#af9f7b

#8baf7b

Square

#7b8baf

#af7ba5

#af9f7b

#7baf85

Shades

Color #7b8baf mixed toward black.

#5e709b

#4b5a7c

#38435d

#252d3e

#13161f

Tints

Color #7b8baf mixed toward white.

#919ebc

#a7b2ca

#bdc5d7

#d3d8e4

#e9ecf2

Tones

Color #7b8baf mixed toward gray.

#7f8dab

#848ea6

#8890a2

#8c929e

#919399

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282a7 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#8180a5 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#7ca19f · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b8baf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b8baf]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7b8baf (#7b8baf) is rgb(123, 139, 175) in RGB.

No, #7b8baf 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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