#7c9ed4

Color #7c9ed4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7c9ed4

RGB

rgb(124, 158, 212)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 50.6%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 41.5%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(64.56, 2.12, -31.25)

LCH

lch(64.56, 31.32, 273.88)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0885, 259.45)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 48.6%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4b27c

Analogous

#7ccad4

#7c9ed4

#867cd4

Triadic

#7c9ed4

#d47c9e

#9ed47c

Split-complementary

#7c9ed4

#d4867c

#cad47c

Tetradic

#7c9ed4

#b27cd4

#d4b27c

#9ed47c

Square

#7c9ed4

#d47cca

#d4b27c

#7cd486

Shades

Color #7c9ed4 mixed toward black.

#527fc6

#3763a9

#2a4a7f

#1c3254

#0e192a

Tints

Color #7c9ed4 mixed toward white.

#92aedb

#a8bee2

#becfea

#d3dff1

#e9eff8

Tones

Color #7c9ed4 mixed toward gray.

#83a0cd

#8ba1c5

#92a3be

#99a5b7

#a1a6af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cc9 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#8a87c6 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#7ebfbd · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7c9ed4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7c9ed4]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#7c9ed4 (#7c9ed4) is rgb(124, 158, 212) in RGB.

No, #7c9ed4 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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