#7281ab

Color #7281ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.19 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7281ab

RGB

rgb(114, 129, 171)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 25.3%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 33.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(54.26, 4.81, -24.04)

LCH

lch(54.26, 24.52, 281.31)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0665, 269.14)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 44.7%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab9c72

Analogous

#729eab

#7281ab

#8072ab

Triadic

#7281ab

#ab7281

#81ab72

Split-complementary

#7281ab

#ab8072

#9eab72

Tetradic

#7281ab

#9c72ab

#ab9c72

#81ab72

Square

#7281ab

#ab729e

#ab9c72

#72ab80

Shades

Color #7281ab mixed toward black.

#596995

#475477

#353f59

#232a3c

#12151e

Tints

Color #7281ab mixed toward white.

#8a96b9

#a1abc7

#b9c0d5

#d0d5e3

#e8eaf1

Tones

Color #7281ab mixed toward gray.

#7783a6

#7c86a2

#80889d

#858a98

#8a8c93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979a2 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#7877a0 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#739b99 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7281ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7281ab]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#7281ab (#7281ab) is rgb(114, 129, 171) in RGB.

No, #7281ab 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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