#7e78bb

Color #7e78bb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7e78bb

RGB

rgb(126, 120, 187)

HSL

hsl(245.4, 33%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.4, 35.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(53.44, 17.96, -34.43)

LCH

lch(53.44, 38.83, 297.55)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.1006, 287.12)

HWB

hwb(245.4, 47.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5bb78

Analogous

#7893bb

#7e78bb

#a078bb

Triadic

#7e78bb

#bb7e78

#78bb7e

Split-complementary

#7e78bb

#bba078

#93bb78

Tetradic

#7e78bb

#bb78b5

#b5bb78

#78bb7e

Square

#7e78bb

#bb7893

#b5bb78

#78bba0

Shades

Color #7e78bb mixed toward black.

#5e56aa

#4b4588

#383366

#252244

#131122

Tints

Color #7e78bb mixed toward white.

#948fc6

#a9a5d2

#bfbcdd

#d4d2e8

#eae9f4

Tones

Color #7e78bb mixed toward gray.

#837eb5

#8783b0

#8c89aa

#908ea5

#95949f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bae · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#7c7caa · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#7ea2a0 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e78bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e78bb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e78bb (#7e78bb) is rgb(126, 120, 187) in RGB.

No, #7e78bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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