#7db9ef

Color #7db9ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7db9ef

RGB

rgb(125, 185, 239)

HSL

hsl(208.4, 78.1%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.4, 47.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(73.08, -5.01, -32.85)

LCH

lch(73.08, 33.23, 261.33)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0998, 246.67)

HWB

hwb(208.4, 49%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb37d

Analogous

#7defec

#7db9ef

#7d80ef

Triadic

#7db9ef

#ef7db9

#b9ef7d

Split-complementary

#7db9ef

#ef7d80

#efec7d

Tetradic

#7db9ef

#b37def

#efb37d

#b9ef7d

Square

#7db9ef

#ec7def

#efb37d

#80ef7d

Shades

Color #7db9ef mixed toward black.

#479ce8

#1b7ed8

#145fa2

#0d3f6c

#072036

Tints

Color #7db9ef mixed toward white.

#93c5f2

#a8d0f4

#bedcf7

#d4e8fa

#e9f3fc

Tones

Color #7db9ef mixed toward gray.

#87b9e6

#90b8dc

#9ab8d3

#a3b7c9

#adb7c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9be3 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#9792e1 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#81dad8 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7db9ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7db9ef]

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Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#7db9ef (#7db9ef) is rgb(125, 185, 239) in RGB.

No, #7db9ef 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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