#70779b

Color #70779b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#70779b

RGB

rgb(112, 119, 155)

HSL

hsl(230.2, 17.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.2, 27.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(50.69, 5.88, -20.25)

LCH

lch(50.69, 21.09, 286.19)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0561, 275.93)

HWB

hwb(230.2, 43.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9470

Analogous

#708d9b

#70779b

#7f709b

Triadic

#70779b

#9b7077

#779b70

Split-complementary

#70779b

#9b7f70

#8d9b70

Tetradic

#70779b

#94709b

#9b9470

#779b70

Square

#70779b

#9b708d

#9b9470

#709b7f

Shades

Color #70779b mixed toward black.

#5c6283

#494e69

#373b4f

#252734

#12141a

Tints

Color #70779b mixed toward white.

#888eac

#a0a4bc

#b8bbcd

#cfd2de

#e7e8ee

Tones

Color #70779b mixed toward gray.

#747a98

#777c94

#7b7e90

#7e818d

#828389

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737393 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#737291 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#708d8b · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70779b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70779b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#70779b (#70779b) is rgb(112, 119, 155) in RGB.

No, #70779b 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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