#7b9698

Color #7b9698

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7b9698

RGB

rgb(123, 150, 152)

HSL

hsl(184.1, 12.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.1, 19.1%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(60.15, -8.98, -4.2)

LCH

lch(60.15, 9.91, 205.07)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0305, 201.94)

HWB

hwb(184.1, 48.2%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#987d7b

Analogous

#7b988b

#7b9698

#7b8798

Triadic

#7b9698

#987b96

#96987b

Split-complementary

#7b9698

#987b87

#988b7b

Tetradic

#7b9698

#7d7b98

#987d7b

#96987b

Square

#7b9698

#8b7b98

#987d7b

#87987b

Shades

Color #7b9698 mixed toward black.

#647f81

#506567

#3c4c4d

#283333

#14191a

Tints

Color #7b9698 mixed toward white.

#91a7a9

#a7b9ba

#bdcacb

#d3dcdd

#e9edee

Tones

Color #7b9698 mixed toward gray.

#7d9495

#809293

#829091

#858e8e

#878c8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888898 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#868497 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#7d9797 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b9698;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b9698]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#7b9698 (#7b9698) is rgb(123, 150, 152) in RGB.

No, #7b9698 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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