#72718c

Color #72718c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.31 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#72718c

RGB

rgb(114, 113, 140)

HSL

hsl(242.2, 10.7%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.2, 19.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(48.61, 6.37, -14.58)

LCH

lch(48.61, 15.91, 293.6)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.0415, 286.65)

HWB

hwb(242.2, 44.3%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8c71

Analogous

#717d8c

#72718c

#7f718c

Triadic

#72718c

#8c7271

#718c72

Split-complementary

#72718c

#8c7f71

#7d8c71

Tetradic

#72718c

#8c718b

#8b8c71

#718c72

Square

#72718c

#8c717d

#8b8c71

#718c7f

Shades

Color #72718c mixed toward black.

#5f5e75

#4c4b5d

#393846

#26262f

#131317

Tints

Color #72718c mixed toward white.

#89889f

#a1a0b2

#b8b8c6

#d0d0d9

#e7e7ec

Tones

Color #72718c mixed toward gray.

#74738a

#767588

#787885

#7a7a83

#7c7c81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.46:1

White text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727286 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#727285 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#728180 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72718c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72718c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#72718c (#72718c) is rgb(114, 113, 140) in RGB.

No, #72718c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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