#7c99e4

Color #7c99e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.38 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7c99e4

RGB

rgb(124, 153, 228)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 65.8%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 45.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(63.89, 9.54, -41.15)

LCH

lch(63.89, 42.24, 283.05)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.1157, 267.28)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 48.6%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4c77c

Analogous

#7ccde4

#7c99e4

#937ce4

Triadic

#7c99e4

#e47c99

#99e47c

Split-complementary

#7c99e4

#e4937c

#cde47c

Tetradic

#7c99e4

#c77ce4

#e4c77c

#99e47c

Square

#7c99e4

#e47ccd

#e4c77c

#7ce493

Shades

Color #7c99e4 mixed toward black.

#4b73da

#2853c2

#1e3e92

#142a61

#0a1531

Tints

Color #7c99e4 mixed toward white.

#92aae8

#a8bbed

#bdccf1

#d3ddf6

#e9eefa

Tones

Color #7c99e4 mixed toward gray.

#859ddb

#8da1d3

#96a4ca

#9fa8c1

#a7acb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ad5 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#8886d1 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#7ec8c5 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7c99e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c99e4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7c99e4 (#7c99e4) is rgb(124, 153, 228) in RGB.

No, #7c99e4 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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