#72748e

Color #72748e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#72748e

RGB

rgb(114, 116, 142)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 11%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 19.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(49.52, 5.06, -14.39)

LCH

lch(49.52, 15.25, 289.37)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.04, 281.53)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 44.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8c72

Analogous

#72828e

#72748e

#7e728e

Triadic

#72748e

#8e7274

#748e72

Split-complementary

#72748e

#8e7e72

#828e72

Tetradic

#72748e

#8c728e

#8e8c72

#748e72

Square

#72748e

#8e7282

#8e8c72

#728e7e

Shades

Color #72748e mixed toward black.

#5f6176

#4c4d5f

#393a47

#26272f

#131318

Tints

Color #72748e mixed toward white.

#8a8ba1

#a1a2b4

#b9bac6

#d0d1d9

#e8e8ec

Tones

Color #72748e mixed toward gray.

#74768c

#777889

#797a87

#7b7c85

#7e7e82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737388 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#737387 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#728482 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #72748e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72748e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#72748e (#72748e) is rgb(114, 116, 142) in RGB.

No, #72748e 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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