#7f78ae

Color #7f78ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.47 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#7f78ae

RGB

rgb(127, 120, 174)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 31%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(52.95, 14.86, -27.71)

LCH

lch(52.95, 31.44, 298.2)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0815, 289.63)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ae78

Analogous

#788cae

#7f78ae

#9a78ae

Triadic

#7f78ae

#ae7f78

#78ae7f

Split-complementary

#7f78ae

#ae9a78

#8cae78

Tetradic

#7f78ae

#ae78a7

#a7ae78

#78ae7f

Square

#7f78ae

#ae788c

#a7ae78

#78ae9a

Shades

Color #7f78ae mixed toward black.

#645c99

#50497a

#3c375c

#28253d

#14121f

Tints

Color #7f78ae mixed toward white.

#948ebb

#aaa5c9

#bfbbd6

#d4d2e4

#eae8f1

Tones

Color #7f78ae mixed toward gray.

#827ca9

#8681a5

#8985a0

#8c8a9c

#908e97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ca3 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#7c7da0 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#7f9a97 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f78ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f78ae]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7f78ae (#7f78ae) is rgb(127, 120, 174) in RGB.

No, #7f78ae 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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