#7e6ad5

Color #7e6ad5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 5.59 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7e6ad5

RGB

rgb(126, 106, 213)

HSL

hsl(251.2, 56%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.2, 50.2%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 50.2%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(51.32, 33.42, -52.64)

LCH

lch(51.32, 62.35, 302.41)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.1581, 289.28)

HWB

hwb(251.2, 41.6%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1d56a

Analogous

#6a8bd5

#7e6ad5

#b36ad5

Triadic

#7e6ad5

#d57e6a

#6ad57e

Split-complementary

#7e6ad5

#d5b36a

#8bd56a

Tetradic

#7e6ad5

#d56ac1

#c1d56a

#6ad57e

Square

#7e6ad5

#d56a8b

#c1d56a

#6ad5b3

Shades

Color #7e6ad5 mixed toward black.

#5a40c9

#452fa6

#34237c

#221753

#110c29

Tints

Color #7e6ad5 mixed toward white.

#9383dc

#a99ce3

#beb4ea

#d4cdf1

#e9e6f8

Tones

Color #7e6ad5 mixed toward gray.

#8373cc

#897cc3

#8f85ba

#948eb1

#9a96a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676c2 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#7778bd · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#7db1ad · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e6ad5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e6ad5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#7e6ad5 (#7e6ad5) is rgb(126, 106, 213) in RGB.

No, #7e6ad5 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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