#757daa

Color #757daa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.98 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#757daa

RGB

rgb(117, 125, 170)

HSL

hsl(230.9, 23.8%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.9, 31.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(53.33, 7.8, -24.87)

LCH

lch(53.33, 26.06, 287.41)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0692, 276.3)

HWB

hwb(230.9, 45.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaa275

Analogous

#7598aa

#757daa

#8875aa

Triadic

#757daa

#aa757d

#7daa75

Split-complementary

#757daa

#aa8875

#98aa75

Tetradic

#757daa

#a275aa

#aaa275

#7daa75

Square

#757daa

#aa7598

#aaa275

#75aa88

Shades

Color #757daa mixed toward black.

#5b6494

#495076

#373c59

#24283b

#12141e

Tints

Color #757daa mixed toward white.

#8c93b8

#a3a8c6

#babed5

#d1d4e3

#e8e9f1

Tones

Color #757daa mixed toward gray.

#7980a6

#7e83a1

#82869d

#878998

#8b8c94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979a1 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#78779e · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#759997 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #757daa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#757daa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#757daa (#757daa) is rgb(117, 125, 170) in RGB.

No, #757daa 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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