#718aaa

Color #718aaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#718aaa

RGB

rgb(113, 138, 170)

HSL

hsl(213.7, 25.1%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.7, 33.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(56.67, -0.98, -19.77)

LCH

lch(56.67, 19.79, 267.16)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0565, 254.81)

HWB

hwb(213.7, 44.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9171

Analogous

#71a6aa

#718aaa

#7571aa

Triadic

#718aaa

#aa718a

#8aaa71

Split-complementary

#718aaa

#aa7571

#a6aa71

Tetradic

#718aaa

#9171aa

#aa9171

#8aaa71

Square

#718aaa

#aa71a6

#aa9171

#71aa75

Shades

Color #718aaa mixed toward black.

#587294

#475b76

#354559

#232e3b

#12171e

Tints

Color #718aaa mixed toward white.

#899eb8

#a0b1c6

#b8c5d5

#d0d8e3

#e7ecf1

Tones

Color #718aaa mixed toward gray.

#768ba5

#7b8ba1

#7f8c9c

#848c97

#898d92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7da3 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#7b79a1 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#729d9c · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #718aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#718aaa]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#718aaa (#718aaa) is rgb(113, 138, 170) in RGB.

No, #718aaa 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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