#736c8e

Color #736c8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#736c8e

RGB

rgb(115, 108, 142)

HSL

hsl(252.4, 13.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.4, 23.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(47.4, 10.18, -17.61)

LCH

lch(47.4, 20.34, 300.03)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.0528, 294.04)

HWB

hwb(252.4, 42.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878e6c

Analogous

#6c768e

#736c8e

#846c8e

Triadic

#736c8e

#8e736c

#6c8e73

Split-complementary

#736c8e

#8e846c

#768e6c

Tetradic

#736c8e

#8e6c87

#878e6c

#6c8e73

Square

#736c8e

#8e6c76

#878e6c

#6c8e84

Shades

Color #736c8e mixed toward black.

#605a76

#4d485f

#393647

#26242f

#131218

Tints

Color #736c8e mixed toward white.

#8a84a1

#a19db4

#b9b5c7

#d0ceda

#e8e6ec

Tones

Color #736c8e mixed toward gray.

#756f8b

#767288

#787485

#7a7783

#7b7a80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.26:1

White text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707087 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#707185 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#73817f · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 15.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #736c8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736c8e]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#736c8e (#736c8e) is rgb(115, 108, 142) in RGB.

No, #736c8e 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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