#7c8d8b

Color #7c8d8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.56 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7c8d8b

RGB

rgb(124, 141, 139)

HSL

hsl(172.9, 6.9%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.9, 12.1%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(57.27, -6.53, -1.01)

LCH

lch(57.27, 6.61, 188.79)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0199, 188.09)

HWB

hwb(172.9, 48.6%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d7c7e

Analogous

#7c8d83

#7c8d8b

#7c878d

Triadic

#7c8d8b

#8b7c8d

#8d8b7c

Split-complementary

#7c8d8b

#8d7c87

#8d837c

Tetradic

#7c8d8b

#7c7e8d

#8d7c7e

#8d8b7c

Square

#7c8d8b

#837c8d

#8d7c7e

#878d7c

Shades

Color #7c8d8b mixed toward black.

#677674

#525e5d

#3e4746

#292f2f

#151817

Tints

Color #7c8d8b mixed toward white.

#92a09e

#a8b3b2

#bec6c5

#d3d9d8

#e9ecec

Tones

Color #7c8d8b mixed toward gray.

#7e8c8a

#7f8a89

#808988

#828787

#838686

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84848b · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#83818c · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#7d8c8c · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7c8d8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c8d8b]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#7c8d8b (#7c8d8b) is rgb(124, 141, 139) in RGB.

No, #7c8d8b 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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