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#737BEE

#737bee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#737bee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 48.24% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.68% cyan, 48.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 236.1°, with 78.34% saturation and 69.22% 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 5.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 6.38.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2398

Complementary

  1. #737bee
  2. #eee673

Split complementary

  1. #737bee
  2. #eea973
  3. #b9ee73

Analogous

  1. #73b9ee
  2. #737bee
  3. #a973ee

Triadic

  1. #737bee
  2. #ee737b
  3. #7bee73

Tetradic

  1. #737bee
  2. #e673ee
  3. #eee673
  4. #7bee73

Square

  1. #737bee
  2. #ee73b9
  3. #eee673
  4. #73eea9

Monochromatic

  1. #1620b2
  2. #2f3be6
  3. #737bee
  4. #b7bbf6
  5. #edeefd

Shades

#737bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #737bee
  2. #686fd6
  3. #5c62be
  4. #5156a7
  5. #454a8f
  6. #3a3e77
  7. #2e315f
  8. #232547
  9. #171930
  10. #0c0c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#737bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #737bee
  2. #8188f0
  3. #8f95f1
  4. #9da3f3
  5. #abb0f5
  6. #b9bdf7
  7. #c7caf8
  8. #d5d7fa
  9. #e3e5fc
  10. #f1f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#737bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #737bee
  2. #747ce3
  3. #767cd8
  4. #777dcd
  5. #787dc2
  6. #7a7eb7
  7. #7b7eac
  8. #7c7fa1
  9. #7d7f96
  10. #7f808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f82b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #458bf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3782ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3d94a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b85f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #557fed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #588bc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-737bee {
  color: #737bee;
}
Background
.bg-737bee {
  background-color: #737bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-737bee {
  border: 2px solid #737bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #737bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 123 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 78% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-737bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #737bee, #a973ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-737bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 123 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.38 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.48 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 8.57 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.70 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.01 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 9.50 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.14 #8c8411 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#737bee  rgb(115, 123, 238)  hsl(236, 78%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eee673  rgb(238, 230, 115)  hsl(56, 78%, 69%)  Straw
#ee737b  rgb(238, 115, 123)  hsl(356, 78%, 69%)  Light Coral
#7bee73  rgb(123, 238, 115)  hsl(116, 78%, 69%)  Light Green