#7e8bc8

Color #7e8bc8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.81 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#7e8bc8

RGB

rgb(126, 139, 200)

HSL

hsl(229.5, 40.2%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.5, 37%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(59.04, 10.27, -33.09)

LCH

lch(59.04, 34.65, 287.24)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0926, 274.34)

HWB

hwb(229.5, 49.4%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8bb7e

Analogous

#7eb0c8

#7e8bc8

#967ec8

Triadic

#7e8bc8

#c87e8b

#8bc87e

Split-complementary

#7e8bc8

#c8967e

#b0c87e

Tetradic

#7e8bc8

#bb7ec8

#c8bb7e

#8bc87e

Square

#7e8bc8

#c87eb0

#c8bb7e

#7ec896

Shades

Color #7e8bc8 mixed toward black.

#5869b8

#415098

#313c72

#20284c

#101426

Tints

Color #7e8bc8 mixed toward white.

#939ed1

#a9b2da

#bec5e3

#d4d8ed

#e9ecf6

Tones

Color #7e8bc8 mixed toward gray.

#848fc2

#8a93bc

#9097b5

#979baf

#9d9fa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484bc · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#8382b8 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#7fb1ae · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e8bc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e8bc8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e8bc8 (#7e8bc8) is rgb(126, 139, 200) in RGB.

No, #7e8bc8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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