#7e819e

Color #7e819e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7e819e

RGB

rgb(126, 129, 158)

HSL

hsl(234.4, 14.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.4, 20.3%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(54.66, 5.29, -15.84)

LCH

lch(54.66, 16.7, 288.47)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.0439, 280.36)

HWB

hwb(234.4, 49.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9b7e

Analogous

#7e919e

#7e819e

#8b7e9e

Triadic

#7e819e

#9e7e81

#819e7e

Split-complementary

#7e819e

#9e8b7e

#919e7e

Tetradic

#7e819e

#9b7e9e

#9e9b7e

#819e7e

Square

#7e819e

#9e7e91

#9e9b7e

#7e9e8b

Shades

Color #7e819e mixed toward black.

#666987

#51546c

#3d3f51

#292a36

#14151b

Tints

Color #7e819e mixed toward white.

#9396ae

#a9abbe

#bec0cf

#d4d5df

#e9eaef

Tones

Color #7e819e mixed toward gray.

#81839b

#838599

#868896

#898a93

#8b8c91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f98 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#7f7f96 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#7e9291 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e819e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e819e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e819e (#7e819e) is rgb(126, 129, 158) in RGB.

No, #7e819e 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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