#7cb0b8

Color #7cb0b8

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.02 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7cb0b8

RGB

rgb(124, 176, 184)

HSL

hsl(188, 29.7%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188, 32.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(68.6, -15.08, -9.57)

LCH

lch(68.6, 17.86, 212.4)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0558, 207.99)

HWB

hwb(188, 48.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8847c

Analogous

#7cb8a2

#7cb0b8

#7c92b8

Triadic

#7cb0b8

#b87cb0

#b0b87c

Split-complementary

#7cb0b8

#b87c92

#b8a27c

Tetradic

#7cb0b8

#847cb8

#b8847c

#b0b87c

Square

#7cb0b8

#a27cb8

#b8847c

#92b87c

Shades

Color #7cb0b8 mixed toward black.

#5b9ca6

#487d85

#365e64

#243f43

#121f21

Tints

Color #7cb0b8 mixed toward white.

#92bdc4

#a8cad0

#bed8dc

#d3e5e7

#e9f2f3

Tones

Color #7cb0b8 mixed toward gray.

#81acb3

#86a9ae

#8ba5a9

#90a1a4

#959e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596b6 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#928eb6 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#7fb5b4 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7cb0b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7cb0b8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#7cb0b8 (#7cb0b8) is rgb(124, 176, 184) in RGB.

No, #7cb0b8 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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