#7c7d8b

Color #7c7d8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.52 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7c7d8b

RGB

rgb(124, 125, 139)

HSL

hsl(236, 6.1%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236, 10.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(52.75, 2.57, -7.69)

LCH

lch(52.75, 8.11, 288.48)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0212, 282.53)

HWB

hwb(236, 48.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8a7c

Analogous

#7c858b

#7c7d8b

#837c8b

Triadic

#7c7d8b

#8b7c7d

#7d8b7c

Split-complementary

#7c7d8b

#8b837c

#858b7c

Tetradic

#7c7d8b

#8a7c8b

#8b8a7c

#7d8b7c

Square

#7c7d8b

#8b7c85

#8b8a7c

#7c8b83

Shades

Color #7c7d8b mixed toward black.

#676874

#52535d

#3e3e46

#292a2f

#151517

Tints

Color #7c7d8b mixed toward white.

#92939e

#a8a8b2

#bebec5

#d3d4d8

#e9e9ec

Tones

Color #7c7d8b mixed toward gray.

#7d7e8a

#7f7f89

#808087

#818186

#828285

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c88 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#7c7c87 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#7c8585 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 7.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7c7d8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c7d8b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7c7d8b (#7c7d8b) is rgb(124, 125, 139) in RGB.

No, #7c7d8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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