#7e7e80

Color #7e7e80

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 1.36 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7e7e80

RGB

rgb(126, 126, 128)

HSL

hsl(240, 0.8%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 1.6%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(52.86, 0.4, -1.08)

LCH

lch(52.86, 1.15, 290.32)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.003, 285.42)

HWB

hwb(240, 49.4%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80807e

Analogous

#7e7f80

#7e7e80

#7f7e80

Triadic

#7e7e80

#807e7e

#7e807e

Split-complementary

#7e7e80

#807f7e

#7f807e

Tetradic

#7e7e80

#807e80

#80807e

#7e807e

Square

#7e7e80

#807e7f

#80807e

#7e807f

Shades

Color #7e7e80 mixed toward black.

#69696b

#545455

#3f3f40

#2a2a2b

#151515

Tints

Color #7e7e80 mixed toward white.

#939395

#a9a9aa

#bebec0

#d4d4d5

#e9e9ea

Tones

Color #7e7e80 mixed toward gray.

#7e7e80

#7e7e7f

#7f7f7f

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

#7e7e80 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#7e7e7f · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#7e7f7f · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 1.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e7e80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e7e80]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e7e80 (#7e7e80) is rgb(126, 126, 128) in RGB.

No, #7e7e80 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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