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#7273CB

#7273cb ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7273cb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 45.1% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.84% cyan, 43.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 239.33°, with 46.11% saturation and 62.16% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 6.53.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2015

Complementary

  1. #7273cb
  2. #cbca72

Split complementary

  1. #7273cb
  2. #cb9e72
  3. #a0cb72

Analogous

  1. #72a0cb
  2. #7273cb
  3. #9e72cb

Triadic

  1. #7273cb
  2. #cb7273
  3. #73cb72

Tetradic

  1. #7273cb
  2. #ca72cb
  3. #cbca72
  4. #73cb72

Square

  1. #7273cb
  2. #cb72a0
  3. #cbca72
  4. #72cb9e

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2d78
  2. #4142b0
  3. #7273cb
  4. #aaabe0
  5. #e2e2f4

Shades

#7273cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7273cb
  2. #6768b7
  3. #5b5ca2
  4. #50518e
  5. #44457a
  6. #393a66
  7. #2e2e51
  8. #22233d
  9. #171729
  10. #0b0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#7273cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7273cb
  2. #8081d0
  3. #8e8fd5
  4. #9c9ddb
  5. #aaabe0
  6. #b9b9e5
  7. #c7c7ea
  8. #d5d5ef
  9. #e3e3f5
  10. #f1f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7273cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7273cb
  2. #7374c4
  3. #7576bc
  4. #7677b5
  5. #7878ad
  6. #797aa6
  7. #7a7b9e
  8. #7c7c97
  9. #7d7d8f
  10. #7f7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7878a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #527fce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4c79c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #558595 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #607bcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e77ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #627ead ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7273cb {
  color: #7273cb;
}
Background
.bg-7273cb {
  background-color: #7273cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7273cb {
  border: 2px solid #7273cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7273cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 115 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 46% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7273cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7273cb, #9e72cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7273cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 115 203 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.53 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.49 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.30 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.31 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.44 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.04 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.19 #8d8c34 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#7273cb  rgb(114, 115, 203)  hsl(239, 46%, 62%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cbca72  rgb(203, 202, 114)  hsl(59, 46%, 62%)  Dark Khaki
#cb7273  rgb(203, 114, 115)  hsl(359, 46%, 62%)  Old Rose
#73cb72  rgb(115, 203, 114)  hsl(119, 46%, 62%)  Mantis