#7fa5e1

Color #7fa5e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.28 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#7fa5e1

RGB

rgb(127, 165, 225)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 62%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 43.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(67.17, 2.58, -34.36)

LCH

lch(67.17, 34.46, 274.29)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0976, 259.31)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 49.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1bb7f

Analogous

#7fd6e1

#7fa5e1

#8a7fe1

Triadic

#7fa5e1

#e17fa5

#a5e17f

Split-complementary

#7fa5e1

#e18a7f

#d6e17f

Tetradic

#7fa5e1

#bb7fe1

#e1bb7f

#a5e17f

Square

#7fa5e1

#e17fd6

#e1bb7f

#7fe18a

Shades

Color #7fa5e1 mixed toward black.

#4f84d6

#2d65be

#214c8f

#16335f

#0b1930

Tints

Color #7fa5e1 mixed toward white.

#94b4e6

#aac3eb

#bfd2f0

#d4e1f5

#eaf0fa

Tones

Color #7fa5e1 mixed toward gray.

#87a7d9

#8fa9d1

#97aac8

#a0acc0

#a8aeb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191d4 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#8f8cd1 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#81cac7 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7fa5e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7fa5e1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#7fa5e1 (#7fa5e1) is rgb(127, 165, 225) in RGB.

No, #7fa5e1 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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