#7C8AB6
A light, muted blue closely aligning with Steelblue.
About #7C8AB6
At its core, #7C8AB6 is a light and muted hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Steelblue. Its digital footprint relies on 124 parts red, 138 parts green, and 182 parts blue light.
When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 32% cyan and 24% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 225.5° hue, 28.4% saturation, and 60.0% lightness.
When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#7C8AB6
RGB124, 138, 182
HSL225.5°, 28.4%, 60.0%
CMYK32%, 24%, 0%, 29%
HSV225.5°, 31.9%, 71.4%
LAB57.9, 5.5, -24.7
XYZ25.8, 25.8, 47.9
Decimal8161974
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
3.40:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.17:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.25:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.24:1
Text on #0F172A
AA
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #7C8AB6;
}
.text-color {
color: #7C8AB6;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #7C8AB6;
}