#746a9f

Color #746a9f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 21.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#746a9f

RGB

rgb(116, 106, 159)

HSL

hsl(251.3, 21.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.3, 33.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 33.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(47.65, 15.98, -27.26)

LCH

lch(47.65, 31.6, 300.38)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0816, 292.17)

HWB

hwb(251.3, 41.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959f6a

Analogous

#6a7b9f

#746a9f

#8f6a9f

Triadic

#746a9f

#9f746a

#6a9f74

Split-complementary

#746a9f

#9f8f6a

#7b9f6a

Tetradic

#746a9f

#9f6a95

#959f6a

#6a9f74

Square

#746a9f

#9f6a7b

#959f6a

#6a9f8f

Shades

Color #746a9f mixed toward black.

#605786

#4c456b

#393451

#262336

#13111b

Tints

Color #746a9f mixed toward white.

#8b83af

#a29cbf

#bab5cf

#d1cddf

#e8e6ef

Tones

Color #746a9f mixed toward gray.

#776f9b

#7a7396

#7c7792

#7f7c8d

#828089

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.3:1

White text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707094 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#707192 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#748b89 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #746a9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#746a9f]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#746a9f (#746a9f) is rgb(116, 106, 159) in RGB.

No, #746a9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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