Blue Smoke Color
Blue Smoke is a gray color with hex code #748881. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with blue smoke, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Blue Smoke Color Values
What Does Blue Smoke Mean?
Blue Smoke belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Blue Smoke sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Blue Smoke is classified as a gray (nearest centroid: greenish gray, #7D8984).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Blue Smoke
Blue Smoke and #87737A are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #738776 and #738487, which sit beside blue smoke on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair blue smoke with triadic partners #807387 and #878073. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
CSS Examples
.text { color: #748881; }
.background { background-color: #748881; }
.border { border: 2px solid #748881; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #74888140; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for blue smoke?
Blue Smoke has the hex code #748881. In RGB notation it is rgb(116, 136, 129), in HSL it is hsl(159, 8%, 49%), and its OKLCH value is 0.609, 0.025, 172.3.
What does the color blue smoke mean?
Gray-family colors like blue smoke carry distinct psychological associations. Blue Smoke belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Blue Smoke sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with blue smoke?
Blue Smoke has three easy routes: its complement #87737A for punch, its neighbors #738776 and #738487 for something calmer, or triadic partners #807387 and #878073 when you want energy.
Is blue smoke a standard web color?
No — Blue Smoke is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #748881 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make blue smoke lighter or darker?
To lighten blue smoke, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #E9ECEB (lightest tint) to #131615 (darkest shade).
About Blue Smoke
Blue Smoke is classified as a Gray in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #748881 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.