#7e8ea9

Color #7e8ea9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.31 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#7e8ea9

RGB

rgb(126, 142, 169)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 20%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 25.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(58.64, 0.47, -16.11)

LCH

lch(58.64, 16.12, 271.67)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.0447, 260.85)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 49.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9997e

Analogous

#7ea3a9

#7e8ea9

#837ea9

Triadic

#7e8ea9

#a97e8e

#8ea97e

Split-complementary

#7e8ea9

#a9837e

#a3a97e

Tetradic

#7e8ea9

#997ea9

#a9997e

#8ea97e

Square

#7e8ea9

#a97ea3

#a9997e

#7ea983

Shades

Color #7e8ea9 mixed toward black.

#627593

#4f5d76

#3b4658

#272f3b

#14171d

Tints

Color #7e8ea9 mixed toward white.

#93a1b7

#a9b4c6

#bec6d4

#d4d9e2

#e9ecf1

Tones

Color #7e8ea9 mixed toward gray.

#818fa5

#8590a2

#89919e

#8c929b

#909297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585a3 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#8483a2 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#7f9e9d · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e8ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e8ea9]

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

#7e8ea9 (#7e8ea9) is rgb(126, 142, 169) in RGB.

No, #7e8ea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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