#728aed

Color #728aed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#728aed

RGB

rgb(114, 138, 237)

HSL

hsl(228.3, 77.4%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.3, 51.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.9%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(59.77, 18.73, -52.67)

LCH

lch(59.77, 55.9, 289.58)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.1496, 271.49)

HWB

hwb(228.3, 44.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edd572

Analogous

#72c7ed

#728aed

#9772ed

Triadic

#728aed

#ed728a

#8aed72

Split-complementary

#728aed

#ed9772

#c7ed72

Tetradic

#728aed

#d572ed

#edd572

#8aed72

Square

#728aed

#ed72c7

#edd572

#72ed97

Shades

Color #728aed mixed toward black.

#3e5fe6

#1a3ecf

#142e9c

#0d1f68

#070f34

Tints

Color #728aed mixed toward white.

#899df0

#a1b1f3

#b8c4f6

#d0d8f9

#e7ebfc

Tones

Color #728aed mixed toward gray.

#7c90e3

#8696d8

#919dce

#9ba3c4

#a5a9ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dda · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#7c7ad6 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#73cac6 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #728aed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#728aed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#728aed (#728aed) is rgb(114, 138, 237) in RGB.

No, #728aed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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