#727da8

Color #727da8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.16 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#727da8

RGB

rgb(114, 125, 168)

HSL

hsl(227.8, 23.7%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.8, 32.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.1%, 25.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(53.03, 6.36, -24.2)

LCH

lch(53.03, 25.02, 284.72)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0671, 273.16)

HWB

hwb(227.8, 44.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89d72

Analogous

#7298a8

#727da8

#8272a8

Triadic

#727da8

#a8727d

#7da872

Split-complementary

#727da8

#a88272

#98a872

Tetradic

#727da8

#9d72a8

#a89d72

#7da872

Square

#727da8

#a87298

#a89d72

#72a882

Shades

Color #727da8 mixed toward black.

#5a6591

#485174

#363d57

#24283a

#12141d

Tints

Color #727da8 mixed toward white.

#8a93b7

#a1a8c5

#b9bed4

#d0d4e2

#e8e9f1

Tones

Color #727da8 mixed toward gray.

#7780a4

#7b829f

#80859b

#848896

#898a92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#77779f · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#76759d · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#739796 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 16.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #727da8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#727da8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#727da8 (#727da8) is rgb(114, 125, 168) in RGB.

No, #727da8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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