#74839d

Color #74839d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#74839d

RGB

rgb(116, 131, 157)

HSL

hsl(218, 17.3%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 26.1%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(54.43, 0.63, -15.69)

LCH

lch(54.43, 15.7, 272.3)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0434, 261.38)

HWB

hwb(218, 45.5%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d8e74

Analogous

#74979d

#74839d

#79749d

Triadic

#74839d

#9d7483

#839d74

Split-complementary

#74839d

#9d7974

#979d74

Tetradic

#74839d

#8e749d

#9d8e74

#839d74

Square

#74839d

#9d7497

#9d8e74

#749d79

Shades

Color #74839d mixed toward black.

#5e6c85

#4b576b

#384150

#262b35

#13161b

Tints

Color #74839d mixed toward white.

#8b98ad

#a2acbe

#b9c1ce

#d1d6de

#e8eaef

Tones

Color #74839d mixed toward gray.

#77849a

#7b8596

#7e8693

#82878f

#85888c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b97 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#7a7996 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#759291 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74839d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74839d]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#74839d (#74839d) is rgb(116, 131, 157) in RGB.

No, #74839d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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