#7e7c85

Color #7e7c85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.41 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7e7c85

RGB

rgb(126, 124, 133)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 3.6%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 6.8%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(52.45, 2.59, -4.61)

LCH

lch(52.45, 5.29, 299.33)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0137, 296)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 48.6%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83857c

Analogous

#7c7f85

#7e7c85

#837c85

Triadic

#7e7c85

#857e7c

#7c857e

Split-complementary

#7e7c85

#85837c

#7f857c

Tetradic

#7e7c85

#857c83

#83857c

#7c857e

Square

#7e7c85

#857c7f

#83857c

#7c8583

Shades

Color #7e7c85 mixed toward black.

#69676f

#545359

#3f3e43

#2a292c

#151516

Tints

Color #7e7c85 mixed toward white.

#939299

#a9a8ae

#bebdc2

#d4d3d6

#e9e9eb

Tones

Color #7e7c85 mixed toward gray.

#7e7d84

#7f7d84

#7f7e83

#807f82

#808081

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d83 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#7d7d82 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#7e8181 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e7c85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e7c85]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#7e7c85 (#7e7c85) is rgb(126, 124, 133) in RGB.

No, #7e7c85 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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