#7e818b

Color #7e818b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7e818b

RGB

rgb(126, 129, 139)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 5.3%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 9.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(54.03, 0.98, -5.77)

LCH

lch(54.03, 5.85, 279.64)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0155, 272.59)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 49.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b887e

Analogous

#7e888b

#7e818b

#827e8b

Triadic

#7e818b

#8b7e81

#818b7e

Split-complementary

#7e818b

#8b827e

#888b7e

Tetradic

#7e818b

#887e8b

#8b887e

#818b7e

Square

#7e818b

#8b7e88

#8b887e

#7e8b82

Shades

Color #7e818b mixed toward black.

#696b74

#54565d

#3f4046

#2a2b2f

#151517

Tints

Color #7e818b mixed toward white.

#94969e

#a9abb2

#bfc0c5

#d4d5d8

#eaeaec

Tones

Color #7e818b mixed toward gray.

#7f828a

#808289

#818388

#828387

#848486

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f89 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#7f7f88 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#7e8786 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e818b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e818b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

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Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e818b (#7e818b) is rgb(126, 129, 139) in RGB.

No, #7e818b 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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