#726bae

Color #726bae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#726bae

RGB

rgb(114, 107, 174)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 29.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 38.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(48.45, 18.79, -34.82)

LCH

lch(48.45, 39.57, 298.35)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.1022, 287.42)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 42%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7ae6b

Analogous

#6b85ae

#726bae

#946bae

Triadic

#726bae

#ae726b

#6bae72

Split-complementary

#726bae

#ae946b

#85ae6b

Tetradic

#726bae

#ae6ba7

#a7ae6b

#6bae72

Square

#726bae

#ae6b85

#a7ae6b

#6bae94

Shades

Color #726bae mixed toward black.

#5a5397

#484279

#36325b

#24213d

#12111e

Tints

Color #726bae mixed toward white.

#8a84bc

#a19cc9

#b9b5d7

#d0cee4

#e8e6f2

Tones

Color #726bae mixed toward gray.

#7671a8

#7b76a3

#7f7c9d

#848198

#888792

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.43:1

White text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6fa1 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6f709e · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#729693 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #726bae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#726bae]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#726bae (#726bae) is rgb(114, 107, 174) in RGB.

No, #726bae 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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