#727a88

Color #727a88

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.5 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#727a88

RGB

rgb(114, 122, 136)

HSL

hsl(218.2, 8.8%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.2, 16.2%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(51.01, 0.12, -8.62)

LCH

lch(51.01, 8.62, 270.8)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0235, 261.7)

HWB

hwb(218.2, 44.7%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#888072

Analogous

#728588

#727a88

#757288

Triadic

#727a88

#88727a

#7a8872

Split-complementary

#727a88

#887572

#858872

Tetradic

#727a88

#807288

#888072

#7a8872

Square

#727a88

#887285

#888072

#728875

Shades

Color #727a88 mixed toward black.

#5f6671

#4c515b

#393d44

#26292d

#131417

Tints

Color #727a88 mixed toward white.

#89909c

#a1a6b0

#b8bcc4

#d0d3d7

#e7e9eb

Tones

Color #727a88 mixed toward gray.

#747a86

#767b84

#777b82

#797c81

#7b7c7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767685 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#757484 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#728282 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 7.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #727a88;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#727a88]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#727a88 (#727a88) is rgb(114, 122, 136) in RGB.

No, #727a88 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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