#7e8796

Color #7e8796

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 2.98 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7e8796

RGB

rgb(126, 135, 150)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 10.3%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 16%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 10%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(56.05, -0.03, -9.12)

LCH

lch(56.05, 9.12, 269.81)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.025, 260.8)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 49.4%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968d7e

Analogous

#7e9396

#7e8796

#817e96

Triadic

#7e8796

#967e87

#87967e

Split-complementary

#7e8796

#96817e

#93967e

Tetradic

#7e8796

#8d7e96

#968d7e

#87967e

Square

#7e8796

#967e93

#968d7e

#7e9681

Shades

Color #7e8796 mixed toward black.

#67707f

#525a65

#3e434c

#292d33

#151619

Tints

Color #7e8796 mixed toward white.

#939ba8

#a9afb9

#bec3cb

#d4d7dc

#e9ebee

Tones

Color #7e8796 mixed toward gray.

#808794

#828892

#848890

#86898e

#88898c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828293 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#818192 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#7e908f · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e8796;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e8796]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e8796 (#7e8796) is rgb(126, 135, 150) in RGB.

No, #7e8796 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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