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Muted Blue
#718CA8

Muted Blue (#718CA8) with RGB(113, 140, 168) and HSL(211, 24%, 55%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

BlueCorecool
Interactive

UI Sandbox

Project Dashboard
Active theme: Muted Blue
Values

Production-ready color values

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HEX
#718CA8
RGB
rgb(113, 140, 168)
HSL
hsl(211, 24%, 55%)
HSV
hsv(211, 33%, 66%)
CMYK
cmyk(33%, 17%, 0%, 34%)
Decimal
7441576
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
3.49:1
Aa
On black
6.02:1
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
FAIL
Text
3.49:1
On Black
WCAG AA PASS
Text
6.02:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

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Analysis

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Muted Blue (#718CA8) with RGB(113, 140, 168) and HSL(211, 24%, 55%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
bluecorecoolhex-718ca8h-211s-24l-55
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Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Muted Blue */
color: #718CA8;
background-color: #718CA8;
border-color: #718CA8;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #718ca840;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#718CA8] text-[#718CA8] border-[#718CA8] ring-[#718CA8]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.443, green: 0.549, blue: 0.659)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFF718CA8)
Android XML
<color name="muted_blue">#718CA8</color>
React Native
{ color: '#718CA8' }
Social Media

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Brand Match

Closest real-world color

Pantone
Very Peri
PMS 17-3938 · #6667AB
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About

About Muted Blue

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Meaning
Muted Blue sits in the blue family with a core tone, so it holds enough weight for primary UI accents. It reads as calm, credible, and interface-friendly.
Applications
Muted Blue (#718CA8) with RGB(113, 140, 168) and HSL(211, 24%, 55%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as foreground color on dark interfaces and dense contrast surfaces.
Family
Blue
Tone
Core
Temperature
cool
Keywords
blue, core, cool, hex-718ca8, h-211, s-24
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#718CA8
RGB
rgb(113, 140, 168)
HSL
hsl(211, 24%, 55%)
HSV
hsv(211, 33%, 66%)
CMYK
cmyk(33%, 17%, 0%, 34%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

900
#101419
800
#1D262F
700
#303F4F
600
#44596F
500
#57728E
400
#718BA8
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

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Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#7D7DA1
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#7B79A0
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#729C9B
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
3.49:1
Only large-text AA passes.
Aa
On black
6.02:1
AA passes for normal text.
Similar colors

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Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Muted Blue
Closest standard CSS name to #718CA8 for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-blue-core
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
blue-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #718CA8 as the core value.
HSL token
211 24% 55%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.