#717ebe

Color #717ebe

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#717ebe

RGB

rgb(113, 126, 190)

HSL

hsl(229.9, 37.2%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.9, 40.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.5%, 33.7%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(54.18, 11.58, -35.06)

LCH

lch(54.18, 36.92, 288.28)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0985, 274.37)

HWB

hwb(229.9, 44.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beb171

Analogous

#71a4be

#717ebe

#8b71be

Triadic

#717ebe

#be717e

#7ebe71

Split-complementary

#717ebe

#be8b71

#a4be71

Tetradic

#717ebe

#b171be

#beb171

#7ebe71

Square

#717ebe

#be71a4

#beb171

#71be8b

Shades

Color #717ebe mixed toward black.

#4f5fad

#3f4c8b

#303968

#202645

#101323

Tints

Color #717ebe mixed toward white.

#8993c9

#a0a9d4

#b8bede

#d0d4e9

#e7e9f4

Tones

Color #717ebe mixed toward gray.

#7782b8

#7e86b1

#848bab

#8b8fa4

#91939e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777b1 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#7675ae · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#72a6a4 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #717ebe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#717ebe]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#717ebe (#717ebe) is rgb(113, 126, 190) in RGB.

No, #717ebe 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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