#74709C
Steel Blue · medium cool blue
About #74709C
With the hex code #74709C, this is a medium blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 45% red, 44% green and 61% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 39% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Steel Blue and Slate Gray — a ΔE of 18.4 — followed by Slate Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #989C70, a sage shade.
In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 4.63:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.63:1).
Colour codes
| HEX | |
|---|---|
| RGB | |
| HSL | |
| HSV / HSB | |
| CMYK | |
| CIELAB | |
| Decimal | |
| CSS |
Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #74709C
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #74709C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
Shades, tints & matching colours
Similar colours
Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #74709C?
With the hex code #74709C, this is a medium blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 45% red, 44% green and 61% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 39% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #74709C?
Use white text. White on #74709C has a contrast ratio of 4.63:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #74709C?
Its complementary colour is #989C70, and analogous partners are #70829C and #8A709C.