#7e79c7

Color #7e79c7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.52 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7e79c7

RGB

rgb(126, 121, 199)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 41.1%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 39.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(54.27, 20.62, -39.99)

LCH

lch(54.27, 44.99, 297.28)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.1164, 285.35)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 47.5%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2c779

Analogous

#799bc7

#7e79c7

#a579c7

Triadic

#7e79c7

#c77e79

#79c77e

Split-complementary

#7e79c7

#c7a579

#9bc779

Tetradic

#7e79c7

#c779c2

#c2c779

#79c77e

Square

#7e79c7

#c7799b

#c2c779

#79c7a5

Shades

Color #7e79c7 mixed toward black.

#5a53b7

#443f96

#332f71

#221f4b

#111026

Tints

Color #7e79c7 mixed toward white.

#938fd0

#a9a6da

#bebce3

#d4d2ec

#e9e9f6

Tones

Color #7e79c7 mixed toward gray.

#837fc0

#8986ba

#8f8cb3

#9593ad

#9a99a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7cb8 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#7c7db4 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#7eaba8 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e79c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e79c7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e79c7 (#7e79c7) is rgb(126, 121, 199) in RGB.

No, #7e79c7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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