#747b7c

Color #747b7c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 3.76 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#747b7c

RGB

rgb(116, 123, 124)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 3.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 6.5%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(51.08, -2.4, -1.45)

LCH

lch(51.08, 2.8, 211.14)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0085, 207.16)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 45.5%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7574

Analogous

#747c79

#747b7c

#74777c

Triadic

#747b7c

#7c747b

#7b7c74

Split-complementary

#747b7c

#7c7477

#7c7974

Tetradic

#747b7c

#75747c

#7c7574

#7b7c74

Square

#747b7c

#79747c

#7c7574

#777c74

Shades

Color #747b7c mixed toward black.

#616767

#4d5253

#3a3e3e

#272929

#131515

Tints

Color #747b7c mixed toward white.

#8b9192

#a2a7a8

#b9bdbe

#d1d3d4

#e8e9e9

Tones

Color #747b7c mixed toward gray.

#757b7b

#757a7b

#767a7a

#777979

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#77777c · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#77767c · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#747c7c · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #747b7c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#747b7c]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#747b7c (#747b7c) is rgb(116, 123, 124) in RGB.

No, #747b7c 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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