#7e7c9d

Color #7e7c9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.21 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7e7c9d

RGB

rgb(126, 124, 157)

HSL

hsl(243.6, 14.4%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.6, 21%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 21%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(53.26, 7.98, -17.39)

LCH

lch(53.26, 19.13, 294.65)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0498, 287.64)

HWB

hwb(243.6, 48.6%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9d7c

Analogous

#7c8b9d

#7e7c9d

#8e7c9d

Triadic

#7e7c9d

#9d7e7c

#7c9d7e

Split-complementary

#7e7c9d

#9d8e7c

#8b9d7c

Tetradic

#7e7c9d

#9d7c9b

#9b9d7c

#7c9d7e

Square

#7e7c9d

#9d7c8b

#9b9d7c

#7c9d8e

Shades

Color #7e7c9d mixed toward black.

#666486

#52506b

#3d3c50

#292836

#14141b

Tints

Color #7e7c9d mixed toward white.

#9392ad

#a9a8be

#bebece

#d4d3de

#e9e9ef

Tones

Color #7e7c9d mixed toward gray.

#807f9a

#838297

#858495

#888792

#8a8a8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d96 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#7d7d94 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#7e908f · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 14.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7e7c9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e7c9d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e7c9d (#7e7c9d) is rgb(126, 124, 157) in RGB.

No, #7e7c9d 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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