#70717e

Color #70717e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.44 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#70717e

RGB

rgb(112, 113, 126)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 5.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 11.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(47.96, 2.41, -7.28)

LCH

lch(47.96, 7.67, 288.32)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.02, 282.09)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 43.9%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7d70

Analogous

#70787e

#70717e

#76707e

Triadic

#70717e

#7e7071

#717e70

Split-complementary

#70717e

#7e7670

#787e70

Tetradic

#70717e

#7d707e

#7e7d70

#717e70

Square

#70717e

#7e7078

#7e7d70

#707e76

Shades

Color #70717e mixed toward black.

#5d5e69

#4b4b54

#38393f

#25262a

#131315

Tints

Color #70717e mixed toward white.

#878894

#9fa0aa

#b7b8bf

#cfcfd4

#e7e7ea

Tones

Color #70717e mixed toward gray.

#71727d

#72737c

#74747b

#757579

#767678

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70707b · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#70707a · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#707978 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 6.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #70717e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70717e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#70717e (#70717e) is rgb(112, 113, 126) in RGB.

No, #70717e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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