#7e839a

Color #7e839a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.79 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#7e839a

RGB

rgb(126, 131, 154)

HSL

hsl(229.3, 12.2%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.3, 18.2%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(55.07, 3.19, -12.9)

LCH

lch(55.07, 13.29, 283.89)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.0353, 275.69)

HWB

hwb(229.3, 49.4%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a957e

Analogous

#7e919a

#7e839a

#877e9a

Triadic

#7e839a

#9a7e83

#839a7e

Split-complementary

#7e839a

#9a877e

#919a7e

Tetradic

#7e839a

#957e9a

#9a957e

#839a7e

Square

#7e839a

#9a7e91

#9a957e

#7e9a87

Shades

Color #7e839a mixed toward black.

#666c83

#525669

#3d414f

#292b34

#14161a

Tints

Color #7e839a mixed toward white.

#9398ab

#a9acbc

#bec1cd

#d4d6dd

#e9eaee

Tones

Color #7e839a mixed toward gray.

#808498

#838695

#858793

#878991

#8a8a8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#808095 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#808094 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#7e9190 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7e839a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e839a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e839a (#7e839a) is rgb(126, 131, 154) in RGB.

No, #7e839a 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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