#7c79a0

Color #7c79a0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.52 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7c79a0

RGB

rgb(124, 121, 160)

HSL

hsl(244.6, 17%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.6, 24.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(52.4, 9.81, -20.47)

LCH

lch(52.4, 22.7, 295.61)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0591, 287.94)

HWB

hwb(244.6, 47.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da079

Analogous

#798aa0

#7c79a0

#8f79a0

Triadic

#7c79a0

#a07c79

#79a07c

Split-complementary

#7c79a0

#a08f79

#8aa079

Tetradic

#7c79a0

#a0799d

#9da079

#79a07c

Square

#7c79a0

#a0798a

#9da079

#79a08f

Shades

Color #7c79a0 mixed toward black.

#646189

#504e6e

#3c3a52

#282737

#14131b

Tints

Color #7c79a0 mixed toward white.

#928fb0

#a8a6c0

#bebccf

#d3d2df

#e9e9ef

Tones

Color #7c79a0 mixed toward gray.

#7f7c9d

#828099

#848396

#878693

#8a8990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b98 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#7b7b96 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#7c918f · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7c79a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c79a0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7c79a0 (#7c79a0) is rgb(124, 121, 160) in RGB.

No, #7c79a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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