#7d85b3

Color #7d85b3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.45 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7d85b3

RGB

rgb(125, 133, 179)

HSL

hsl(231.1, 26.2%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.1, 30.2%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(56.48, 7.88, -25.15)

LCH

lch(56.48, 26.36, 287.4)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.07, 276.57)

HWB

hwb(231.1, 49%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3ab7d

Analogous

#7da0b3

#7d85b3

#907db3

Triadic

#7d85b3

#b37d85

#85b37d

Split-complementary

#7d85b3

#b3907d

#a0b37d

Tetradic

#7d85b3

#ab7db3

#b3ab7d

#85b37d

Square

#7d85b3

#b37da0

#b3ab7d

#7db390

Shades

Color #7d85b3 mixed toward black.

#5d67a0

#4b5380

#383e60

#252940

#131520

Tints

Color #7d85b3 mixed toward white.

#9399c0

#a8aecc

#bec2d9

#d4d6e6

#e9ebf2

Tones

Color #7d85b3 mixed toward gray.

#8188ae

#868baa

#8a8ea5

#8f92a1

#93959c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181a9 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#807fa7 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#7da19f · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7d85b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7d85b3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#7d85b3 (#7d85b3) is rgb(125, 133, 179) in RGB.

No, #7d85b3 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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