#727e87

Color #727e87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.26 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#727e87

RGB

rgb(114, 126, 135)

HSL

hsl(205.7, 8.4%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.7, 15.6%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(52.12, -2.42, -6.38)

LCH

lch(52.12, 6.82, 249.23)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.0198, 240.08)

HWB

hwb(205.7, 44.7%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#877b72

Analogous

#728785

#727e87

#727387

Triadic

#727e87

#87727e

#7e8772

Split-complementary

#727e87

#877273

#878572

Tetradic

#727e87

#7b7287

#877b72

#7e8772

Square

#727e87

#857287

#877b72

#738772

Shades

Color #727e87 mixed toward black.

#5f6970

#4c545a

#393f43

#262a2d

#131516

Tints

Color #727e87 mixed toward white.

#89949b

#a1a9af

#b8bfc3

#d0d4d7

#e7eaeb

Tones

Color #727e87 mixed toward gray.

#747e85

#757d83

#777d82

#797d80

#7b7d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777785 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#777684 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#738383 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 6.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #727e87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#727e87]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#727e87 (#727e87) is rgb(114, 126, 135) in RGB.

No, #727e87 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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