#7272ab

Color #7272ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.06 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7272ab

RGB

rgb(114, 114, 171)

HSL

hsl(240, 25.3%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 33.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(50.16, 13.74, -30.39)

LCH

lch(50.16, 33.35, 294.33)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.0871, 283.35)

HWB

hwb(240, 44.7%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abab72

Analogous

#728fab

#7272ab

#8f72ab

Triadic

#7272ab

#ab7272

#72ab72

Split-complementary

#7272ab

#ab8f72

#8fab72

Tetradic

#7272ab

#ab72ab

#abab72

#72ab72

Square

#7272ab

#ab728f

#abab72

#72ab8f

Shades

Color #7272ab mixed toward black.

#595995

#474777

#353559

#23233c

#12121e

Tints

Color #7272ab mixed toward white.

#8a8ab9

#a1a1c7

#b9b9d5

#d0d0e3

#e8e8f1

Tones

Color #7272ab mixed toward gray.

#7777a6

#7c7ca2

#80809d

#858598

#8a8a93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.71:1

Black 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

#7272a0 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#72729d · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#729693 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 19.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7272ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7272ab]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7272ab (#7272ab) is rgb(114, 114, 171) in RGB.

No, #7272ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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