#72729f

Color #72729f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.89 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#72729f

RGB

rgb(114, 114, 159)

HSL

hsl(240, 19%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 28.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(49.64, 10.53, -24.2)

LCH

lch(49.64, 26.39, 293.52)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.069, 284.02)

HWB

hwb(240, 44.7%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9f72

Analogous

#72889f

#72729f

#88729f

Triadic

#72729f

#9f7272

#729f72

Split-complementary

#72729f

#9f8872

#889f72

Tetradic

#72729f

#9f729f

#9f9f72

#729f72

Square

#72729f

#9f7288

#9f9f72

#729f88

Shades

Color #72729f mixed toward black.

#5c5c87

#4a4a6c

#373751

#252536

#12121b

Tints

Color #72729f mixed toward white.

#8989af

#a1a1bf

#b8b8cf

#d0d0df

#e7e7ef

Tones

Color #72729f mixed toward gray.

#76769b

#797997

#7d7d94

#818190

#85858c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727296 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#727293 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#728e8c · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72729f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72729f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#72729f (#72729f) is rgb(114, 114, 159) in RGB.

No, #72729f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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