#7c7a89

Color #7c7a89

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.68 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7c7a89

RGB

rgb(124, 122, 137)

HSL

hsl(248, 6%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 10.9%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(51.85, 3.88, -7.86)

LCH

lch(51.85, 8.77, 296.27)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.0227, 291.94)

HWB

hwb(248, 47.8%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87897a

Analogous

#7a8089

#7c7a89

#847a89

Triadic

#7c7a89

#897c7a

#7a897c

Split-complementary

#7c7a89

#89847a

#80897a

Tetradic

#7c7a89

#897a87

#87897a

#7a897c

Square

#7c7a89

#897a80

#87897a

#7a8984

Shades

Color #7c7a89 mixed toward black.

#676572

#53515c

#3e3d45

#29292e

#151417

Tints

Color #7c7a89 mixed toward white.

#92909d

#a8a6b0

#bebdc4

#d3d3d8

#e9e9eb

Tones

Color #7c7a89 mixed toward gray.

#7d7b88

#7e7d87

#7f7e85

#807f84

#818083

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b86 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#7b7b85 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#7c8382 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7c7a89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c7a89]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7c7a89 (#7c7a89) is rgb(124, 122, 137) in RGB.

No, #7c7a89 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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