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#7374EA

#7374ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7374ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 45.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.85% cyan, 50.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 239.5°, with 73.91% saturation and 68.43% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.21.

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Relative luminance0.2208

Complementary

  1. #7374ea
  2. #eae973

Split complementary

  1. #7374ea
  2. #eaae73
  3. #afea73

Analogous

  1. #73afea
  2. #7374ea
  3. #ae73ea

Triadic

  1. #7374ea
  2. #ea7374
  3. #74ea73

Tetradic

  1. #7374ea
  2. #e973ea
  3. #eae973
  4. #74ea73

Square

  1. #7374ea
  2. #ea73af
  3. #eae973
  4. #73eaae

Monochromatic

  1. #1a1baa
  2. #3032e0
  3. #7374ea
  4. #b6b6f4
  5. #ededfc

Shades

#7374ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7374ea
  2. #6868d3
  3. #5c5dbb
  4. #5151a4
  5. #45468c
  6. #3a3a75
  7. #2e2e5e
  8. #232346
  9. #17172f
  10. #0c0c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#7374ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7374ea
  2. #8182ec
  3. #8f90ee
  4. #9d9ef0
  5. #abacf2
  6. #b9baf5
  7. #c7c7f7
  8. #d5d5f9
  9. #e3e3fb
  10. #f1f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7374ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7374ea
  2. #7475df
  3. #7676d5
  4. #7778ca
  5. #7879c0
  6. #7a7ab5
  7. #7b7baa
  8. #7c7ca0
  9. #7d7e95
  10. #7f7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7cb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3986ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2d7de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #428ea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #567fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5279e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5a84c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7374ea {
  color: #7374ea;
}
Background
.bg-7374ea {
  background-color: #7374ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7374ea {
  border: 2px solid #7374ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7374ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 116 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7374ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7374ea, #ae73ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7374ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 116 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.21 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.42 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.43 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.09 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.37 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.50 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 9.63 #8c8b15 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#7374ea  rgb(115, 116, 234)  hsl(240, 74%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eae973  rgb(234, 233, 115)  hsl(60, 74%, 68%)  Straw
#ea7374  rgb(234, 115, 116)  hsl(360, 74%, 68%)  Light Coral
#74ea73  rgb(116, 234, 115)  hsl(120, 74%, 68%)  Pastel Green