#7e78a9

Color #7e78a9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#7e78a9

RGB

rgb(126, 120, 169)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 22.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 29%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 29%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(52.66, 13.28, -25.28)

LCH

lch(52.66, 28.56, 297.71)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0741, 289.56)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 47.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a978

Analogous

#788ba9

#7e78a9

#9778a9

Triadic

#7e78a9

#a97e78

#78a97e

Split-complementary

#7e78a9

#a99778

#8ba978

Tetradic

#7e78a9

#a978a3

#a3a978

#78a97e

Square

#7e78a9

#a9788b

#a3a978

#78a997

Shades

Color #7e78a9 mixed toward black.

#645e93

#504b76

#3c3858

#28253b

#14131d

Tints

Color #7e78a9 mixed toward white.

#948fb7

#a9a5c6

#bfbcd4

#d4d2e2

#eae9f1

Tones

Color #7e78a9 mixed toward gray.

#817ca5

#8480a1

#87849d

#8a8899

#8d8c95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b9f · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7c7c9c · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#7e9694 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7e78a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e78a9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e78a9 (#7e78a9) is rgb(126, 120, 169) in RGB.

No, #7e78a9 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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