#7b72a3

Color #7b72a3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#7b72a3

RGB

rgb(123, 114, 163)

HSL

hsl(251, 21%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251, 30.1%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(50.56, 14.4, -25.05)

LCH

lch(50.56, 28.89, 299.89)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0748, 292.31)

HWB

hwb(251, 44.7%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa372

Analogous

#7281a3

#7b72a3

#9372a3

Triadic

#7b72a3

#a37b72

#72a37b

Split-complementary

#7b72a3

#a39372

#81a372

Tetradic

#7b72a3

#a3729a

#9aa372

#72a37b

Square

#7b72a3

#a37281

#9aa372

#72a393

Shades

Color #7b72a3 mixed toward black.

#645b8c

#504970

#3c3754

#282438

#14121c

Tints

Color #7b72a3 mixed toward white.

#9189b2

#a7a1c2

#bdb8d1

#d3d0e0

#e9e7f0

Tones

Color #7b72a3 mixed toward gray.

#7e769f

#807a9b

#837e97

#858293

#88868f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777799 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#787896 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#7b908e · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7b72a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7b72a3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#7b72a3 (#7b72a3) is rgb(123, 114, 163) in RGB.

No, #7b72a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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