#7f79b7

Color #7f79b7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.63 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7f79b7

RGB

rgb(127, 121, 183)

HSL

hsl(245.8, 30.1%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.8, 33.9%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.6%, 33.9%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(53.61, 16.6, -31.88)

LCH

lch(53.61, 35.94, 297.51)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0931, 287.7)

HWB

hwb(245.8, 47.5%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1b779

Analogous

#7992b7

#7f79b7

#9e79b7

Triadic

#7f79b7

#b77f79

#79b77f

Split-complementary

#7f79b7

#b79e79

#92b779

Tetradic

#7f79b7

#b779b1

#b1b779

#79b77f

Square

#7f79b7

#b77992

#b1b779

#79b79e

Shades

Color #7f79b7 mixed toward black.

#6059a5

#4d4784

#3a3563

#262342

#131221

Tints

Color #7f79b7 mixed toward white.

#948fc3

#aaa6cf

#bfbcdb

#d4d2e7

#eae9f3

Tones

Color #7f79b7 mixed toward gray.

#837eb2

#8783ad

#8b88a7

#908ea2

#94939d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7cab · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#7d7da7 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#7fa09d · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f79b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f79b7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7f79b7 (#7f79b7) is rgb(127, 121, 183) in RGB.

No, #7f79b7 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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