#7d7e8b

Color #7d7e8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.66 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7d7e8b

RGB

rgb(125, 126, 139)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 5.7%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 10.1%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(53.11, 2.35, -7.14)

LCH

lch(53.11, 7.52, 288.22)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0197, 282.34)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 49%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8a7d

Analogous

#7d858b

#7d7e8b

#837d8b

Triadic

#7d7e8b

#8b7d7e

#7e8b7d

Split-complementary

#7d7e8b

#8b837d

#858b7d

Tetradic

#7d7e8b

#8a7d8b

#8b8a7d

#7e8b7d

Square

#7d7e8b

#8b7d85

#8b8a7d

#7d8b83

Shades

Color #7d7e8b mixed toward black.

#686974

#53545d

#3e3f46

#2a2a2f

#151517

Tints

Color #7d7e8b mixed toward white.

#93949e

#a8a9b2

#bebfc5

#d4d4d8

#e9eaec

Tones

Color #7d7e8b mixed toward gray.

#7e7f8a

#7f8089

#818188

#828286

#838385

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d88 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#7d7d87 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#7d8685 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7d7e8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7d7e8b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7d7e8b (#7d7e8b) is rgb(125, 126, 139) in RGB.

No, #7d7e8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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