#7C8AA8

A medium, muted blue closely aligning with Lightslategray.

About #7C8AA8

When working with digital screens, the color #7C8AA8 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Lightslategray. Its digital footprint relies on 124 parts red, 138 parts green, and 168 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 26% cyan and 18% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 220.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7C8AA8
RGB124, 138, 168
HSL220.9°, 20.2%, 57.3%
CMYK26%, 18%, 0%, 34%
HSV220.9°, 26.2%, 65.9%
LAB57.4, 1.9, -17.5
XYZ24.5, 25.3, 40.6
Decimal8161960

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.47:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.06:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.31:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.15:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7C8AA8; }
.text-color { color: #7C8AA8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #7C8AA8; }

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