#73717d

Color #73717d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.06 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#73717d

RGB

rgb(115, 113, 125)

HSL

hsl(250, 5%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 9.6%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 9.6%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(48.18, 3.28, -6.33)

LCH

lch(48.18, 7.13, 297.39)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0185, 293.52)

HWB

hwb(250, 44.3%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7d71

Analogous

#71757d

#73717d

#79717d

Triadic

#73717d

#7d7371

#717d73

Split-complementary

#73717d

#7d7971

#757d71

Tetradic

#73717d

#7d717b

#7b7d71

#717d73

Square

#73717d

#7d7175

#7b7d71

#717d79

Shades

Color #73717d mixed toward black.

#605e68

#4d4b53

#3a393f

#26262a

#131315

Tints

Color #73717d mixed toward white.

#8a8893

#a1a0a9

#b9b8be

#d0cfd4

#e8e7e9

Tones

Color #73717d mixed toward gray.

#74727c

#74737b

#75747a

#767579

#767678

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72727a · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#72727a · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#737877 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73717d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73717d]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#73717d (#73717d) is rgb(115, 113, 125) in RGB.

No, #73717d 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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