#73738d

Color #73738d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.37 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#73738d

RGB

rgb(115, 115, 141)

HSL

hsl(240, 10.2%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 18.4%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(49.29, 5.76, -14.14)

LCH

lch(49.29, 15.27, 292.16)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.0399, 285.12)

HWB

hwb(240, 45.1%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d8d73

Analogous

#73808d

#73738d

#80738d

Triadic

#73738d

#8d7373

#738d73

Split-complementary

#73738d

#8d8073

#808d73

Tetradic

#73738d

#8d738d

#8d8d73

#738d73

Square

#73738d

#8d7380

#8d8d73

#738d80

Shades

Color #73738d mixed toward black.

#606076

#4d4d5e

#393947

#26262f

#131318

Tints

Color #73738d mixed toward white.

#8a8aa0

#a2a2b3

#b9b9c6

#d0d0d9

#e8e8ec

Tones

Color #73738d mixed toward gray.

#75758b

#777789

#7a7a86

#7c7c84

#7e7e82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737387 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#737386 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#738381 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73738d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73738d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#73738d (#73738d) is rgb(115, 115, 141) in RGB.

No, #73738d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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