#756db3

Color #756db3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.53 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#756db3

RGB

rgb(117, 109, 179)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 31.5%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 39.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.6%, 39.1%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(49.46, 19.81, -36.11)

LCH

lch(49.46, 41.19, 298.75)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.1063, 287.8)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 42.7%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb36d

Analogous

#6d88b3

#756db3

#986db3

Triadic

#756db3

#b3756d

#6db375

Split-complementary

#756db3

#b3986d

#88b36d

Tetradic

#756db3

#b36dab

#abb36d

#6db375

Square

#756db3

#b36d88

#abb36d

#6db398

Shades

Color #756db3 mixed toward black.

#5b529e

#49427e

#37315f

#24213f

#121020

Tints

Color #756db3 mixed toward white.

#8c85c0

#a39ecc

#bab6d9

#d1cee6

#e8e7f2

Tones

Color #756db3 mixed toward gray.

#7a73ad

#7e79a7

#837fa2

#87849c

#8c8a96

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

#7272a5 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#7273a2 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#759a97 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #756db3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#756db3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#756db3 (#756db3) is rgb(117, 109, 179) in RGB.

No, #756db3 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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