#72649c

Color #72649c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.68 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#72649c

RGB

rgb(114, 100, 156)

HSL

hsl(255, 22%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 35.9%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(45.76, 18.22, -28.45)

LCH

lch(45.76, 33.78, 302.64)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.0871, 294.77)

HWB

hwb(255, 39.2%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e9c64

Analogous

#64729c

#72649c

#8e649c

Triadic

#72649c

#9c7264

#649c72

Split-complementary

#72649c

#9c8e64

#729c64

Tetradic

#72649c

#9c648e

#8e9c64

#649c72

Square

#72649c

#9c6472

#8e9c64

#649c8e

Shades

Color #72649c mixed toward black.

#5f5382

#4c4368

#39324e

#262134

#13111a

Tints

Color #72649c mixed toward white.

#8a7eac

#a198bd

#b9b2cd

#d0cbde

#e8e5ee

Tones

Color #72649c mixed toward gray.

#746997

#776d93

#79728e

#7b7789

#7e7b85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c91 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#6d6e8e · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#718785 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72649c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72649c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#72649c (#72649c) is rgb(114, 100, 156) in RGB.

No, #72649c 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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