#71899c

Color #71899c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 2.52 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#71899c

RGB

rgb(113, 137, 156)

HSL

hsl(206.5, 17.8%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.5, 27.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(55.89, -4.01, -12.92)

LCH

lch(55.89, 13.53, 252.76)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.0399, 242.21)

HWB

hwb(206.5, 44.3%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c8471

Analogous

#719c99

#71899c

#71739c

Triadic

#71899c

#9c7189

#899c71

Split-complementary

#71899c

#9c7173

#9c9971

Tetradic

#71899c

#84719c

#9c8471

#899c71

Square

#71899c

#99719c

#9c8471

#739c71

Shades

Color #71899c mixed toward black.

#5c7284

#4a5b6a

#37454f

#252e35

#12171a

Tints

Color #71899c mixed toward white.

#899dac

#a0b0bd

#b8c4cd

#d0d8de

#e7ebee

Tones

Color #71899c mixed toward gray.

#748898

#788895

#7c8891

#7f878e

#83878a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c98 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#7b7997 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#729493 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #71899c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#71899c]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#71899c (#71899c) is rgb(113, 137, 156) in RGB.

No, #71899c 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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