#747ea4

Color #747ea4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.1 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#747ea4

RGB

rgb(116, 126, 164)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 20.9%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 29.3%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(53.29, 5.33, -21.47)

LCH

lch(53.29, 22.12, 283.94)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0593, 273.09)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 45.5%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49a74

Analogous

#7496a4

#747ea4

#8274a4

Triadic

#747ea4

#a4747e

#7ea474

Split-complementary

#747ea4

#a48274

#96a474

Tetradic

#747ea4

#9a74a4

#a49a74

#7ea474

Square

#747ea4

#a47496

#a49a74

#74a482

Shades

Color #747ea4 mixed toward black.

#5c668d

#4a5271

#373d55

#252938

#12141c

Tints

Color #747ea4 mixed toward white.

#8b93b3

#a2a9c2

#b9bed2

#d1d4e1

#e8e9f0

Tones

Color #747ea4 mixed toward gray.

#7880a0

#7c839c

#808598

#848794

#888a90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78799c · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#78779a · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#759594 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #747ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#747ea4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#747ea4 (#747ea4) is rgb(116, 126, 164) in RGB.

No, #747ea4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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