#747eb5

Color #747eb5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.19 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#747eb5

RGB

rgb(116, 126, 181)

HSL

hsl(230.8, 30.5%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.8, 35.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 30.4%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(54, 9.88, -30.19)

LCH

lch(54, 31.77, 288.12)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0845, 275.7)

HWB

hwb(230.8, 45.5%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5ab74

Analogous

#749eb5

#747eb5

#8a74b5

Triadic

#747eb5

#b5747e

#7eb574

Split-complementary

#747eb5

#b58a74

#9eb574

Tetradic

#747eb5

#ab74b5

#b5ab74

#7eb574

Square

#747eb5

#b5749e

#b5ab74

#74b58a

Shades

Color #747eb5 mixed toward black.

#5662a1

#454e81

#343b61

#222741

#111420

Tints

Color #747eb5 mixed toward white.

#8b93c1

#a2a9ce

#b9beda

#d1d4e6

#e8e9f3

Tones

Color #747eb5 mixed toward gray.

#7982b0

#7f85aa

#8489a5

#8a8d9f

#8f919a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879aa · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#7877a7 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#75a09e · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #747eb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#747eb5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#747eb5 (#747eb5) is rgb(116, 126, 181) in RGB.

No, #747eb5 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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