#7d7a8e

Color #7d7a8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.52 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7d7a8e

RGB

rgb(125, 122, 142)

HSL

hsl(249, 8.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249, 14.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 14.1%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(52.1, 5.34, -10.41)

LCH

lch(52.1, 11.7, 297.16)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0304, 292.26)

HWB

hwb(249, 47.8%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8e7a

Analogous

#7a818e

#7d7a8e

#877a8e

Triadic

#7d7a8e

#8e7d7a

#7a8e7d

Split-complementary

#7d7a8e

#8e877a

#818e7a

Tetradic

#7d7a8e

#8e7a8b

#8b8e7a

#7a8e7d

Square

#7d7a8e

#8e7a81

#8b8e7a

#7a8e87

Shades

Color #7d7a8e mixed toward black.

#686577

#53515f

#3e3d47

#2a2830

#151418

Tints

Color #7d7a8e mixed toward white.

#9390a1

#a8a6b4

#bebdc7

#d4d3d9

#e9e9ec

Tones

Color #7d7a8e mixed toward gray.

#7e7c8c

#7f7d8b

#817f89

#828187

#838286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c89 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#7c7c88 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#7d8685 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7d7a8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7d7a8e]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7d7a8e (#7d7a8e) is rgb(125, 122, 142) in RGB.

No, #7d7a8e 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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