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#736DCE

#736dce ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#736dce is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 42.75% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.17% cyan, 47.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 243.71°, with 49.74% saturation and 61.76% 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 4.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.11.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1904

Complementary

  1. #736dce
  2. #c8ce6d

Split complementary

  1. #736dce
  2. #cea36d
  3. #97ce6d

Analogous

  1. #6d97ce
  2. #736dce
  3. #a36dce

Triadic

  1. #736dce
  2. #ce736d
  3. #6dce73

Tetradic

  1. #736dce
  2. #ce6dc8
  3. #c8ce6d
  4. #6dce73

Square

  1. #736dce
  2. #ce6d97
  3. #c8ce6d
  4. #6dcea3

Monochromatic

  1. #2e2979
  2. #433cb3
  3. #736dce
  4. #aaa6e1
  5. #e1e0f4

Shades

#736dce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #736dce
  2. #6862b9
  3. #5c57a5
  4. #514c90
  5. #45417c
  6. #3a3767
  7. #2e2c52
  8. #23213e
  9. #171629
  10. #0c0b15
  11. #000000

Tints

#736dce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #736dce
  2. #817cd3
  3. #8f8ad8
  4. #9d99dd
  5. #aba7e2
  6. #b9b6e7
  7. #c7c5eb
  8. #d5d3f0
  9. #e3e2f5
  10. #f1f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#736dce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #736dce
  2. #746fc6
  3. #7671be
  4. #7773b7
  5. #7875af
  6. #7a77a7
  7. #7b789f
  8. #7c7a97
  9. #7d7c90
  10. #7f7e88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7674a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #467cd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4276cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #568194 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b76d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5972cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #637aae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-736dce {
  color: #736dce;
}
Background
.bg-736dce {
  background-color: #736dce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-736dce {
  border: 2px solid #736dce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #736dce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 109 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 50% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-736dce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #736dce, #a36dce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-736dce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 109 206 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.11 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.22 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.73 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.31 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 8.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.92 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.38 #8c9231 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#736dce  rgb(115, 109, 206)  hsl(244, 50%, 62%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c8ce6d  rgb(200, 206, 109)  hsl(64, 50%, 62%)  Straw
#ce736d  rgb(206, 115, 109)  hsl(4, 50%, 62%)  Indian Red
#6dce73  rgb(109, 206, 115)  hsl(124, 50%, 62%)  Mantis