#7496cb

Color #7496cb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#7496cb

RGB

rgb(116, 150, 203)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 45.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 42.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(61.51, 2.06, -30.98)

LCH

lch(61.51, 31.05, 273.8)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.088, 259.06)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 45.5%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cba974

Analogous

#74c1cb

#7496cb

#7d74cb

Triadic

#7496cb

#cb7496

#96cb74

Split-complementary

#7496cb

#cb7d74

#c1cb74

Tetradic

#7496cb

#a974cb

#cba974

#96cb74

Square

#7496cb

#cb74c1

#cba974

#74cb7d

Shades

Color #7496cb mixed toward black.

#4d79bc

#3a609b

#2b4874

#1d304d

#0e1827

Tints

Color #7496cb mixed toward white.

#8ba7d4

#a2b9dc

#b9cae5

#d1dcee

#e8edf6

Tones

Color #7496cb mixed toward gray.

#7b97c4

#8299bc

#8a9bb5

#919cae

#989ea7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484c0 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#827fbd · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#76b7b4 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7496cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7496cb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#7496cb (#7496cb) is rgb(116, 150, 203) in RGB.

No, #7496cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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