#7e9ce7

Color #7e9ce7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7e9ce7

RGB

rgb(126, 156, 231)

HSL

hsl(222.9, 68.6%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.9, 45.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(64.95, 9.17, -41.14)

LCH

lch(64.95, 42.15, 282.57)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.1157, 266.83)

HWB

hwb(222.9, 49.4%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7c97e

Analogous

#7ed0e7

#7e9ce7

#957ee7

Triadic

#7e9ce7

#e77e9c

#9ce77e

Split-complementary

#7e9ce7

#e7957e

#d0e77e

Tetradic

#7e9ce7

#c97ee7

#e7c97e

#9ce77e

Square

#7e9ce7

#e77ed0

#e7c97e

#7ee795

Shades

Color #7e9ce7 mixed toward black.

#4c75de

#2554c9

#1c3f96

#132a64

#091532

Tints

Color #7e9ce7 mixed toward white.

#94aceb

#a9bdef

#bfcdf3

#d4def7

#eaeefb

Tones

Color #7e9ce7 mixed toward gray.

#87a0de

#90a3d5

#98a7cd

#a1abc4

#aaafbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cd8 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#8a88d4 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#80cbc8 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e9ce7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e9ce7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7e9ce7 (#7e9ce7) is rgb(126, 156, 231) in RGB.

No, #7e9ce7 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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