#74719d

Color #74719d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.97 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#74719d

RGB

rgb(116, 113, 157)

HSL

hsl(244.1, 18.3%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.1, 28%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 28%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(49.44, 11.25, -23.31)

LCH

lch(49.44, 25.88, 295.76)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.0674, 287.17)

HWB

hwb(244.1, 44.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9d71

Analogous

#71849d

#74719d

#8a719d

Triadic

#74719d

#9d7471

#719d74

Split-complementary

#74719d

#9d8a71

#849d71

Tetradic

#74719d

#9d719a

#9a9d71

#719d74

Square

#74719d

#9d7184

#9a9d71

#719d8a

Shades

Color #74719d mixed toward black.

#5f5c85

#4c496a

#393750

#262535

#13121b

Tints

Color #74719d mixed toward white.

#8b89ad

#a2a0be

#b9b8ce

#d1d0de

#e8e7ef

Tones

Color #74719d mixed toward gray.

#777599

#7a7896

#7d7c92

#81808e

#84838b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737394 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#737392 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#748c8a · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74719d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74719d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#74719d (#74719d) is rgb(116, 113, 157) in RGB.

No, #74719d 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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