#738a8e

Color #738a8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.01 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#738a8e

RGB

rgb(115, 138, 142)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 10.7%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 19%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(55.86, -7.28, -4.88)

LCH

lch(55.86, 8.76, 213.84)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.027, 209.22)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 45.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e7773

Analogous

#738e85

#738a8e

#737d8e

Triadic

#738a8e

#8e738a

#8a8e73

Split-complementary

#738a8e

#8e737d

#8e8573

Tetradic

#738a8e

#77738e

#8e7773

#8a8e73

Square

#738a8e

#85738e

#8e7773

#7d8e73

Shades

Color #738a8e mixed toward black.

#607377

#4d5c5f

#394547

#262e2f

#131718

Tints

Color #738a8e mixed toward white.

#8a9ea1

#a2b1b4

#b9c5c7

#d0d8d9

#e8ecec

Tones

Color #738a8e mixed toward gray.

#75888c

#77878a

#7a8587

#7c8485

#7e8283

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e8d · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#7c7a8d · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#748c8c · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 9.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #738a8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#738a8e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#738a8e (#738a8e) is rgb(115, 138, 142) in RGB.

No, #738a8e 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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