#736a87

Color #736a87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#736a87

RGB

rgb(115, 106, 135)

HSL

hsl(258.6, 12%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.6, 21.5%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(46.58, 9.72, -14.69)

LCH

lch(46.58, 17.61, 303.49)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0457, 299.03)

HWB

hwb(258.6, 41.6%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e876a

Analogous

#6a7087

#736a87

#826a87

Triadic

#736a87

#87736a

#6a8773

Split-complementary

#736a87

#87826a

#70876a

Tetradic

#736a87

#876a7e

#7e876a

#6a8773

Square

#736a87

#876a70

#7e876a

#6a8782

Shades

Color #736a87 mixed toward black.

#605871

#4d475a

#3a3544

#26232d

#131217

Tints

Color #736a87 mixed toward white.

#8a829c

#a19bb0

#b9b4c4

#d0cdd8

#e8e6eb

Tones

Color #736a87 mixed toward gray.

#746d85

#756f82

#767180

#77747d

#78767b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f81 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#70707f · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#737b7a · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736a87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736a87]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#736a87 (#736a87) is rgb(115, 106, 135) in RGB.

No, #736a87 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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