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#736CEA

#736cea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#736cea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 42.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.85% cyan, 53.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 243.33°, with 75% saturation and 67.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.02.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2031

Complementary

  1. #736cea
  2. #e3ea6c

Split complementary

  1. #736cea
  2. #eab26c
  3. #a4ea6c

Analogous

  1. #6ca4ea
  2. #736cea
  3. #b26cea

Triadic

  1. #736cea
  2. #ea736c
  3. #6cea73

Tetradic

  1. #736cea
  2. #ea6ce3
  3. #e3ea6c
  4. #6cea73

Square

  1. #736cea
  2. #ea6ca4
  3. #e3ea6c
  4. #6ceab2

Monochromatic

  1. #1f18a5
  2. #3329e0
  3. #736cea
  4. #b3aff4
  5. #eeedfc

Shades

#736cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #736cea
  2. #6861d3
  3. #5c56bb
  4. #514ca4
  5. #45418c
  6. #3a3675
  7. #2e2b5e
  8. #232046
  9. #17162f
  10. #0c0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#736cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #736cea
  2. #817bec
  3. #8f89ee
  4. #9d98f0
  5. #aba7f2
  6. #b9b6f5
  7. #c7c4f7
  8. #d5d3f9
  9. #e3e2fb
  10. #f1f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#736cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #736cea
  2. #746edf
  3. #7670d5
  4. #7772ca
  5. #7874c0
  6. #7a76b5
  7. #7b78aa
  8. #7c7aa0
  9. #7d7c95
  10. #7f7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7976b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2181ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0e78e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4388a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f79ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b73e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5a7ec2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-736cea {
  color: #736cea;
}
Background
.bg-736cea {
  background-color: #736cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-736cea {
  border: 2px solid #736cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #736cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 108 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-736cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #736cea, #b26cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-736cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 108 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.02 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.72 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.96 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.26 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.83 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.92 #8c9315 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#736cea  rgb(115, 108, 234)  hsl(243, 75%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e3ea6c  rgb(227, 234, 108)  hsl(63, 75%, 67%)  Pear
#ea736c  rgb(234, 115, 108)  hsl(3, 75%, 67%)  Pastel Red
#6cea73  rgb(108, 234, 115)  hsl(123, 75%, 67%)  Pastel Green