#736bae

Color #736bae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.41 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#736bae

RGB

rgb(115, 107, 174)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 29.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 38.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.9%, 38.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(48.53, 19.08, -34.68)

LCH

lch(48.53, 39.58, 298.82)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.1022, 288.13)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 42%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6ae6b

Analogous

#6b84ae

#736bae

#956bae

Triadic

#736bae

#ae736b

#6bae73

Split-complementary

#736bae

#ae956b

#84ae6b

Tetradic

#736bae

#ae6ba6

#a6ae6b

#6bae73

Square

#736bae

#ae6b84

#a6ae6b

#6bae95

Shades

Color #736bae mixed toward black.

#5b5397

#494279

#37325b

#24213d

#12111e

Tints

Color #736bae mixed toward white.

#8a84bc

#a29cc9

#b9b5d7

#d0cee4

#e8e6f2

Tones

Color #736bae mixed toward gray.

#7771a8

#7c76a3

#807c9d

#848198

#888792

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070a1 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#70719e · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#739693 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736bae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736bae]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#736bae (#736bae) is rgb(115, 107, 174) in RGB.

No, #736bae 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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