#7e8bec

Color #7e8bec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.34 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#7e8bec

RGB

rgb(126, 139, 236)

HSL

hsl(232.9, 74.3%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.9, 46.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.6%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(60.74, 20.54, -50.53)

LCH

lch(60.74, 54.55, 292.12)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.1437, 276.03)

HWB

hwb(232.9, 49.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecdf7e

Analogous

#7ec2ec

#7e8bec

#a87eec

Triadic

#7e8bec

#ec7e8b

#8bec7e

Split-complementary

#7e8bec

#eca87e

#c2ec7e

Tetradic

#7e8bec

#df7eec

#ecdf7e

#8bec7e

Square

#7e8bec

#ec7ec2

#ecdf7e

#7eeca8

Shades

Color #7e8bec mixed toward black.

#4a5ce4

#1f34d2

#17279e

#101a69

#080d35

Tints

Color #7e8bec mixed toward white.

#949eef

#a9b2f2

#bfc5f5

#d4d8f9

#eaecfc

Tones

Color #7e8bec mixed toward gray.

#8792e3

#9099da

#9aa0d1

#a3a7c7

#acaebe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484da · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8382d5 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#7fcac6 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e8bec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e8bec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7e8bec (#7e8bec) is rgb(126, 139, 236) in RGB.

No, #7e8bec 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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