#7c789b

Color #7c789b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7c789b

RGB

rgb(124, 120, 155)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 14.9%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 22.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 22.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(51.93, 9.19, -18.26)

LCH

lch(51.93, 20.44, 296.72)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0532, 289.9)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 47.1%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979b78

Analogous

#78859b

#7c789b

#8d789b

Triadic

#7c789b

#9b7c78

#789b7c

Split-complementary

#7c789b

#9b8d78

#859b78

Tetradic

#7c789b

#9b7897

#979b78

#789b7c

Square

#7c789b

#9b7885

#979b78

#789b8d

Shades

Color #7c789b mixed toward black.

#656184

#514e69

#3d3a4f

#292735

#14131a

Tints

Color #7c789b mixed toward white.

#928eac

#a8a5bc

#bdbbcd

#d3d2de

#e9e8ee

Tones

Color #7c789b mixed toward gray.

#7e7b98

#807e95

#838192

#85848f

#87878c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a93 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#7b7b92 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#7c8d8c · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7c789b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c789b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7c789b (#7c789b) is rgb(124, 120, 155) in RGB.

No, #7c789b 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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