#736e8e

Color #736e8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#736e8e

RGB

rgb(115, 110, 142)

HSL

hsl(249.4, 12.7%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.4, 22.5%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(47.94, 8.98, -16.78)

LCH

lch(47.94, 19.03, 298.15)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0495, 291.84)

HWB

hwb(249.4, 43.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#898e6e

Analogous

#6e798e

#736e8e

#836e8e

Triadic

#736e8e

#8e736e

#6e8e73

Split-complementary

#736e8e

#8e836e

#798e6e

Tetradic

#736e8e

#8e6e89

#898e6e

#6e8e73

Square

#736e8e

#8e6e79

#898e6e

#6e8e83

Shades

Color #736e8e mixed toward black.

#605c76

#4d495f

#393747

#26252f

#131218

Tints

Color #736e8e mixed toward white.

#8a86a1

#a19eb4

#b9b6c7

#d0cfd9

#e8e7ec

Tones

Color #736e8e mixed toward gray.

#75718b

#777389

#787686

#7a7983

#7c7b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717187 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#717285 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#738180 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736e8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736e8e]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#736e8e (#736e8e) is rgb(115, 110, 142) in RGB.

No, #736e8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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