#7c7c8b

Color #7c7c8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7c7c8b

RGB

rgb(124, 124, 139)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.1%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 10.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(52.47, 3.15, -8.11)

LCH

lch(52.47, 8.7, 291.23)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0226, 285.63)

HWB

hwb(240, 48.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8b7c

Analogous

#7c848b

#7c7c8b

#847c8b

Triadic

#7c7c8b

#8b7c7c

#7c8b7c

Split-complementary

#7c7c8b

#8b847c

#848b7c

Tetradic

#7c7c8b

#8b7c8b

#8b8b7c

#7c8b7c

Square

#7c7c8b

#8b7c84

#8b8b7c

#7c8b84

Shades

Color #7c7c8b mixed toward black.

#676774

#52525d

#3e3e46

#29292f

#151517

Tints

Color #7c7c8b mixed toward white.

#92929e

#a8a8b2

#bebec5

#d3d3d8

#e9e9ec

Tones

Color #7c7c8b mixed toward gray.

#7d7d8a

#7f7f89

#808087

#818186

#828285

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c88 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#7c7c87 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#7c8584 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 7.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #7c7c8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c7c8b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7c7c8b (#7c7c8b) is rgb(124, 124, 139) in RGB.

No, #7c7c8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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