#7E8EBD

Closest named color: Silver Lake Blue (#778DA9). oklch(65.2% 0.073 269.8), rgb(126, 142, 189).

Black text reads best on this color (6.49:1).

About this color

#7E8EBD is a medium-light, moderately saturated blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 65%, its chroma 0.073 and its hue 270°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Silver Lake Blue (#778DA9), ΔE 0.032 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.49:1.

Hue family	Blues
Lightness	medium-light (65%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.073)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Silver Lake Blue (#778DA9)
Black text	6.49:1
White text	3.23:1

Values

HEX	#7E8EBD
RGB	rgb(126, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(225, 32%, 62%)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.073 269.8)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #7E8EBD	3.23:1	AA large text	Lc -65.0	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #7E8EBD	6.49:1	AA	Lc 44.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#7E8EBD text on white	3.23:1	AA large text	Lc 59.6	Large or bold text, headings
#7E8EBD text on black	6.49:1	AA	Lc -42.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F4F5F9

oklch(97.1% 0.005 275)
Step 100
100

#E7EAF1

oklch(93.7% 0.01 267.4)
Step 200
200

#D4D9E7

oklch(88.6% 0.02 270.2)
Step 300
300

#B7C0D8

oklch(80.8% 0.035 269.2)
Step 400
400

#92A0C5

oklch(70.8% 0.057 268.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#7E8EBD

oklch(65.2% 0.073 269.8)
Step 600
600

#6171A2

oklch(55.6% 0.079 269.9)
Step 700
700

#505F8B

oklch(49.2% 0.073 269.2)
Step 800
800

#424D71

oklch(42.7% 0.062 270.6)
Step 900
900

#37405B

oklch(37.5% 0.048 269.8)
Step 950
950

#212635

oklch(27.1% 0.029 270.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#7E8EBD with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#7F92BF	0.011
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#7A8DBC	0.006
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#6C979E	0.065
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8F8F8F	0.073