#74728d

Color #74728d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#74728d

RGB

rgb(116, 114, 141)

HSL

hsl(244.4, 10.6%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.4, 19.1%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(49.09, 6.69, -14.43)

LCH

lch(49.09, 15.91, 294.87)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.0414, 288.43)

HWB

hwb(244.4, 44.7%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8d72

Analogous

#727e8d

#74728d

#81728d

Triadic

#74728d

#8d7472

#728d74

Split-complementary

#74728d

#8d8172

#7e8d72

Tetradic

#74728d

#8d728b

#8b8d72

#728d74

Square

#74728d

#8d727e

#8b8d72

#728d81

Shades

Color #74728d mixed toward black.

#615f76

#4d4c5e

#3a3947

#27262f

#131318

Tints

Color #74728d mixed toward white.

#8b89a0

#a2a1b3

#b9b8c6

#d1d0d9

#e8e7ec

Tones

Color #74728d mixed toward gray.

#76748b

#787689

#7a7986

#7c7b84

#7e7d82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737387 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#737386 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#748281 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74728d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74728d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#74728d (#74728d) is rgb(116, 114, 141) in RGB.

No, #74728d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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