#756fa4

Color #756fa4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.47 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#756fa4

RGB

rgb(117, 111, 164)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 22.6%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 32.3%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 32.3%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(49.29, 14.58, -27.64)

LCH

lch(49.29, 31.25, 297.81)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.081, 288.73)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 43.5%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea46f

Analogous

#6f83a4

#756fa4

#8f6fa4

Triadic

#756fa4

#a4756f

#6fa475

Split-complementary

#756fa4

#a48f6f

#83a46f

Tetradic

#756fa4

#a46f9e

#9ea46f

#6fa475

Square

#756fa4

#a46f83

#9ea46f

#6fa48f

Shades

Color #756fa4 mixed toward black.

#5f598c

#4c4770

#393554

#262338

#13121c

Tints

Color #756fa4 mixed toward white.

#8c87b3

#a39fc2

#bab7d2

#d1cfe1

#e8e7f0

Tones

Color #756fa4 mixed toward gray.

#7873a0

#7c789b

#7f7c97

#838192

#86858e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727299 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#737397 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#75908e · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 19.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #756fa4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#756fa4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#756fa4 (#756fa4) is rgb(117, 111, 164) in RGB.

No, #756fa4 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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