#7e949b

Color #7e949b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.38 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7e949b

RGB

rgb(126, 148, 155)

HSL

hsl(194.5, 12.7%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.5, 18.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(59.87, -6.21, -6.3)

LCH

lch(59.87, 8.85, 225.41)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0272, 219.02)

HWB

hwb(194.5, 49.4%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b857e

Analogous

#7e9b94

#7e949b

#7e859b

Triadic

#7e949b

#9b7e94

#949b7e

Split-complementary

#7e949b

#9b7e85

#9b947e

Tetradic

#7e949b

#857e9b

#9b857e

#949b7e

Square

#7e949b

#947e9b

#9b857e

#859b7e

Shades

Color #7e949b mixed toward black.

#667d84

#52646a

#3d4b4f

#293235

#14191a

Tints

Color #7e949b mixed toward white.

#93a6ac

#a9b8bc

#becacd

#d4dbde

#e9edee

Tones

Color #7e949b mixed toward gray.

#809399

#839296

#859094

#888f91

#8a8e8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888899 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#878599 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#7f9898 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e949b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e949b]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#7e949b (#7e949b) is rgb(126, 148, 155) in RGB.

No, #7e949b 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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