#7e78ae

Color #7e78ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.13 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7e78ae

RGB

rgb(126, 120, 174)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 31%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(52.87, 14.55, -27.85)

LCH

lch(52.87, 31.42, 297.58)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0815, 288.75)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8ae78

Analogous

#788dae

#7e78ae

#9978ae

Triadic

#7e78ae

#ae7e78

#78ae7e

Split-complementary

#7e78ae

#ae9978

#8dae78

Tetradic

#7e78ae

#ae78a8

#a8ae78

#78ae7e

Square

#7e78ae

#ae788d

#a8ae78

#78ae99

Shades

Color #7e78ae mixed toward black.

#635c99

#4f497a

#3b375c

#27253d

#14121f

Tints

Color #7e78ae mixed toward white.

#938ebb

#a9a5c9

#bebbd6

#d4d2e4

#e9e8f1

Tones

Color #7e78ae mixed toward gray.

#817ca9

#8581a5

#8885a0

#8c8a9c

#8f8e97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7ba3 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#7c7ca0 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#7e9a97 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e78ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e78ae]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e78ae (#7e78ae) is rgb(126, 120, 174) in RGB.

No, #7e78ae 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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