Information about #7E8B9B color

#7E8B9B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#7E8B9B falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(126, 139, 155) — 49.4% red, 54.5% green, 60.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 6 / 0 / 39. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #7E8B9B reads as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pewter Metallic (#838897). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Roman Silver (#838996) and Neutral Bay (#858D99).

The recipe behind #7E8B9B is rgb(126, 139, 155), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #7E8B9B: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #7E8B9B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#7E8B9B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#7E8B9B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #7E8B9B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Roman Silver color link
Roman Silver

#838996

Neutral Bay color link
Neutral Bay

#858D99

Bluish Grey color link
Bluish Grey

#748B97

Exponent color link
Exponent

#888F98

Ash Blue color link
Ash Blue

#7A9598

Abacus color link
Abacus

#768993

Shadow Blue color link
Shadow Blue

#778BA5

Crescent color link
Crescent

#839596

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#7E8B9B
  • RGB126, 139, 155
  • CMYK11, 6, 0, 39
  • CSSrgb(126, 139, 155)
  • HSL213°, 13%, 55%
  • HSL Precise213.103°, 12.664%, 55.098%
  • HSV213°, 19%, 61%
  • HSB213°, 19%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • GLSLvec3(0.494, 0.545, 0.608)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.494, 0.545, 0.608, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.494, 0.545, 0.608)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB49.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID7E8B9B
  • DECIMAL ID8293275
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01