#7fa6e1

Color #7fa6e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#7fa6e1

RGB

rgb(127, 166, 225)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 62%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 43.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.6%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(67.44, 2.02, -33.94)

LCH

lch(67.44, 34, 273.41)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0966, 258.48)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 49.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1ba7f

Analogous

#7fd7e1

#7fa6e1

#897fe1

Triadic

#7fa6e1

#e17fa6

#a6e17f

Split-complementary

#7fa6e1

#e1897f

#d7e17f

Tetradic

#7fa6e1

#ba7fe1

#e1ba7f

#a6e17f

Square

#7fa6e1

#e17fd7

#e1ba7f

#7fe189

Shades

Color #7fa6e1 mixed toward black.

#4f85d6

#2d67be

#214d8f

#16335f

#0b1a30

Tints

Color #7fa6e1 mixed toward white.

#94b5e6

#aac4eb

#bfd2f0

#d4e1f5

#eaf0fa

Tones

Color #7fa6e1 mixed toward gray.

#87a8d9

#8fa9d1

#97abc8

#a0adc0

#a8aeb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292d5 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#8f8cd2 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#81cac8 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7fa6e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7fa6e1]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#7fa6e1 (#7fa6e1) is rgb(127, 166, 225) in RGB.

No, #7fa6e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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