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#7D78EA

#7d78ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7d78ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.02% red, 47.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.58% cyan, 48.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 242.63°, with 73.08% saturation and 69.41% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.88.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2373

Complementary

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #e5ea78

Split complementary

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #eab678
  3. #acea78

Analogous

  1. #78acea
  2. #7d78ea
  3. #b678ea

Triadic

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #ea7d78
  3. #78ea7d

Tetradic

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #ea78e5
  3. #e5ea78
  4. #78ea7d

Square

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #ea78ac
  3. #e5ea78
  4. #78eab6

Monochromatic

  1. #211bae
  2. #3d36e0
  3. #7d78ea
  4. #bdbaf4
  5. #eeedfc

Shades

#7d78ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #716cd3
  3. #6460bb
  4. #5854a4
  5. #4b488c
  6. #3f3c75
  7. #32305e
  8. #262446
  9. #19182f
  10. #0d0c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#7d78ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #8a86ec
  3. #9793ee
  4. #a4a1f0
  5. #b1aef2
  6. #bebcf5
  7. #cbc9f7
  8. #d8d7f9
  9. #e5e4fb
  10. #f2f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7d78ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7d78ea
  2. #7d79df
  3. #7e7ad5
  4. #7e7aca
  5. #7e7bc0
  6. #7f7cb5
  7. #7f7daa
  8. #7f7ea0
  9. #7f7e95
  10. #807f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8280b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #458aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f82e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5790a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6183ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e7ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6887c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7d78ea {
  color: #7d78ea;
}
Background
.bg-7d78ea {
  background-color: #7d78ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7d78ea {
  border: 2px solid #7d78ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7d78ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 125 120 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 73% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7d78ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7d78ea, #b678ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7d78ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(125 120 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.88 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.28 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.45 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.99 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 10.08 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.30 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.80 #828715 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#7d78ea  rgb(125, 120, 234)  hsl(243, 73%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e5ea78  rgb(229, 234, 120)  hsl(63, 73%, 69%)  Pastel Yellow
#ea7d78  rgb(234, 125, 120)  hsl(3, 73%, 69%)  Light Coral
#78ea7d  rgb(120, 234, 125)  hsl(123, 73%, 69%)  Pastel Green