#74a2ba

Color #74a2ba

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#74a2ba

RGB

rgb(116, 162, 186)

HSL

hsl(200.6, 33.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.6, 37.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(64.24, -9.32, -17.29)

LCH

lch(64.24, 19.64, 241.67)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0608, 231.55)

HWB

hwb(200.6, 45.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba8c74

Analogous

#74baaf

#74a2ba

#747fba

Triadic

#74a2ba

#ba74a2

#a2ba74

Split-complementary

#74a2ba

#ba747f

#baaf74

Tetradic

#74a2ba

#8c74ba

#ba8c74

#a2ba74

Square

#74a2ba

#af74ba

#ba8c74

#7fba74

Shades

Color #74a2ba mixed toward black.

#538ba8

#436f87

#325365

#213843

#111c22

Tints

Color #74a2ba mixed toward white.

#8bb1c6

#a2c1d1

#b9d0dd

#d1e0e8

#e8eff4

Tones

Color #74a2ba mixed toward gray.

#7aa0b4

#809eae

#859ca8

#8b9ba3

#91999d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bb5 · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#8884b3 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#77b0af · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74a2ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74a2ba]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#74a2ba (#74a2ba) is rgb(116, 162, 186) in RGB.

No, #74a2ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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