#7272ad

Color #7272ad

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.51 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7272ad

RGB

rgb(114, 114, 173)

HSL

hsl(240, 26.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 34.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(50.25, 14.28, -31.41)

LCH

lch(50.25, 34.5, 294.45)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0901, 283.22)

HWB

hwb(240, 44.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adad72

Analogous

#7290ad

#7272ad

#9072ad

Triadic

#7272ad

#ad7272

#72ad72

Split-complementary

#7272ad

#ad9072

#90ad72

Tetradic

#7272ad

#ad72ad

#adad72

#72ad72

Square

#7272ad

#ad7290

#adad72

#72ad90

Shades

Color #7272ad mixed toward black.

#585897

#464679

#35355b

#23233d

#12121e

Tints

Color #7272ad mixed toward white.

#8a8abb

#a1a1c8

#b9b9d6

#d0d0e4

#e8e8f1

Tones

Color #7272ad mixed toward gray.

#7777a8

#7c7ca3

#81819e

#868699

#8b8b94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272a1 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#72729e · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#729795 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 20.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7272ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7272ad]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7272ad (#7272ad) is rgb(114, 114, 173) in RGB.

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

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