#7d838f

Color #7d838f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.56 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#7d838f

RGB

rgb(125, 131, 143)

HSL

hsl(220, 7.4%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 12.6%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(54.63, 0.35, -7.2)

LCH

lch(54.63, 7.21, 272.78)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0195, 264.41)

HWB

hwb(220, 49%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f897d

Analogous

#7d8c8f

#7d838f

#807d8f

Triadic

#7d838f

#8f7d83

#838f7d

Split-complementary

#7d838f

#8f807d

#8c8f7d

Tetradic

#7d838f

#897d8f

#8f897d

#838f7d

Square

#7d838f

#8f7d8c

#8f897d

#7d8f80

Shades

Color #7d838f mixed toward black.

#676d78

#535760

#3e4148

#292c30

#151618

Tints

Color #7d838f mixed toward white.

#9398a2

#a8acb4

#bec1c7

#d4d6da

#e9eaec

Tones

Color #7d838f mixed toward gray.

#7e838d

#80848c

#81848a

#838589

#848587

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80808c · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#7f7f8c · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#7d8a89 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7d838f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7d838f]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7d838f (#7d838f) is rgb(125, 131, 143) in RGB.

No, #7d838f 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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