#7b9ade

Color #7b9ade

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7b9ade

RGB

rgb(123, 154, 222)

HSL

hsl(221.2, 60%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.2, 44.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(63.83, 6.98, -37.92)

LCH

lch(63.83, 38.56, 280.43)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1067, 265)

HWB

hwb(221.2, 48.2%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#debf7b

Analogous

#7bcbde

#7b9ade

#8d7bde

Triadic

#7b9ade

#de7b9a

#9ade7b

Split-complementary

#7b9ade

#de8d7b

#cbde7b

Tetradic

#7b9ade

#bf7bde

#debf7b

#9ade7b

Square

#7b9ade

#de7bcb

#debf7b

#7bde8d

Shades

Color #7b9ade mixed toward black.

#4d77d2

#2e59b8

#22438a

#172d5c

#0b162e

Tints

Color #7b9ade mixed toward white.

#91abe3

#a7bce9

#bdccee

#d3ddf4

#e9eef9

Tones

Color #7b9ade mixed toward gray.

#839dd6

#8ba0cd

#94a3c5

#9ca6bd

#a4a9b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ad0 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#8885cd · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#7dc4c2 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b9ade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b9ade]

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

#7b9ade (#7b9ade) is rgb(123, 154, 222) in RGB.

No, #7b9ade 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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