#7b8bcb

Color #7b8bcb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.71 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7b8bcb

RGB

rgb(123, 139, 203)

HSL

hsl(228, 43.5%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 39.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(58.96, 10.28, -34.92)

LCH

lch(58.96, 36.4, 286.4)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0977, 272.7)

HWB

hwb(228, 48.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbbb7b

Analogous

#7bb3cb

#7b8bcb

#937bcb

Triadic

#7b8bcb

#cb7b8b

#8bcb7b

Split-complementary

#7b8bcb

#cb937b

#b3cb7b

Tetradic

#7b8bcb

#bb7bcb

#cbbb7b

#8bcb7b

Square

#7b8bcb

#cb7bb3

#cbbb7b

#7bcb93

Shades

Color #7b8bcb mixed toward black.

#5469bc

#3d509c

#2e3c75

#1f284e

#0f1427

Tints

Color #7b8bcb mixed toward white.

#919ed4

#a7b2dc

#bdc5e5

#d3d8ee

#e9ecf6

Tones

Color #7b8bcb mixed toward gray.

#828fc4

#8893be

#8f97b7

#969bb0

#9c9faa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282be · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#8180bb · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#7cb3b0 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b8bcb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b8bcb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#7b8bcb (#7b8bcb) is rgb(123, 139, 203) in RGB.

No, #7b8bcb 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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