#749fbb

Color #749fbb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#749fbb

RGB

rgb(116, 159, 187)

HSL

hsl(203.7, 34.3%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.7, 38%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(38%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.42, -7.41, -19.09)

LCH

lch(63.42, 20.48, 248.79)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0624, 237.43)

HWB

hwb(203.7, 45.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9074

Analogous

#74bbb4

#749fbb

#747bbb

Triadic

#749fbb

#bb749f

#9fbb74

Split-complementary

#749fbb

#bb747b

#bbb474

Tetradic

#749fbb

#9074bb

#bb9074

#9fbb74

Square

#749fbb

#b474bb

#bb9074

#7bbb74

Shades

Color #749fbb mixed toward black.

#5387aa

#426c88

#325166

#213644

#111b22

Tints

Color #749fbb mixed toward white.

#8bafc6

#a2bfd2

#b9cfdd

#d1dfe8

#e8eff4

Tones

Color #749fbb mixed toward gray.

#7a9eb5

#809caf

#869ba9

#8c9aa3

#92999d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989b5 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#8683b3 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#77b0ae · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 14.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #749fbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#749fbb]

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Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#749fbb (#749fbb) is rgb(116, 159, 187) in RGB.

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

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