#749fb8

Color #749fb8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.48 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#749fb8

RGB

rgb(116, 159, 184)

HSL

hsl(202.1, 32.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.1, 37%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 13.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(63.32, -8.2, -17.57)

LCH

lch(63.32, 19.39, 244.98)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0595, 234.31)

HWB

hwb(202.1, 45.5%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b88d74

Analogous

#74b8af

#749fb8

#747db8

Triadic

#749fb8

#b8749f

#9fb874

Split-complementary

#749fb8

#b8747d

#b8af74

Tetradic

#749fb8

#8d74b8

#b88d74

#9fb874

Square

#749fb8

#af74b8

#b88d74

#7db874

Shades

Color #749fb8 mixed toward black.

#5488a5

#446c84

#335163

#223642

#111b21

Tints

Color #749fb8 mixed toward white.

#8bafc4

#a2bfd0

#b9cfdb

#d1dfe7

#e8eff3

Tones

Color #749fb8 mixed toward gray.

#7a9db2

#7f9cad

#859aa7

#8b99a1

#90979c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989b2 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#8683b1 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#77aead · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #749fb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#749fb8]

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#749fb8 (#749fb8) is rgb(116, 159, 184) in RGB.

No, #749fb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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