#7e9ca5

Color #7e9ca5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7e9ca5

RGB

rgb(126, 156, 165)

HSL

hsl(193.8, 17.8%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.8, 23.6%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(62.45, -8.31, -8.13)

LCH

lch(62.45, 11.63, 224.37)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0359, 217.99)

HWB

hwb(193.8, 49.4%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5877e

Analogous

#7ea59b

#7e9ca5

#7e89a5

Triadic

#7e9ca5

#a57e9c

#9ca57e

Split-complementary

#7e9ca5

#a57e89

#a59b7e

Tetradic

#7e9ca5

#877ea5

#a5877e

#9ca57e

Square

#7e9ca5

#9b7ea5

#a5877e

#89a57e

Shades

Color #7e9ca5 mixed toward black.

#64858f

#506a72

#3c5056

#283539

#141b1d

Tints

Color #7e9ca5 mixed toward white.

#94adb4

#a9bdc3

#bfced2

#d4dee1

#eaeff0

Tones

Color #7e9ca5 mixed toward gray.

#819aa2

#85999f

#88979b

#8b9598

#8e9395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca3 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#8a88a2 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#80a1a1 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e9ca5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e9ca5]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#7e9ca5 (#7e9ca5) is rgb(126, 156, 165) in RGB.

No, #7e9ca5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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