Information about #7D8D9A color

#7D8D9A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #7D8D9A is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(125, 141, 154) — 49% red, 55.3% green, 60.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 5 / 0 / 40. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #7D8D9A feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Slate Gray (#778899). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Neutral Bay (#858D99) and Roman Silver (#838996).

The recipe behind #7D8D9A is rgb(125, 141, 154), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #7D8D9A background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.1:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#7D8D9A color variations

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#7D8D9A 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 #7D8D9A

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

Neutral Bay color link
Neutral Bay

#858D99

Roman Silver color link
Roman Silver

#838996

Ash Blue color link
Ash Blue

#7A9598

Bluish Grey color link
Bluish Grey

#748B97

Abacus color link
Abacus

#768993

Crescent color link
Crescent

#839596

Exponent color link
Exponent

#888F98

Shadow Blue color link
Shadow Blue

#778BA5

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#7D8D9A
  • RGB125, 141, 154
  • CMYK11, 5, 0, 40
  • CSSrgb(125, 141, 154)
  • HSL207°, 13%, 55%
  • HSL Precise206.897°, 12.554%, 54.706%
  • HSV207°, 19%, 60%
  • HSB207°, 19%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.490
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.553
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • GLSLvec3(0.490, 0.553, 0.604)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.490, 0.553, 0.604, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.490, 0.553, 0.604)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB49%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID7D8D9A
  • DECIMAL ID8228250
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01