#7172ff

Color #7172ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 6.39 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7172ff

RGB

rgb(113, 114, 255)

HSL

hsl(239.6, 100%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.6, 55.7%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.7%, 55.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(54.83, 38.41, -70.56)

LCH

lch(54.83, 80.34, 298.56)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.2044, 278.41)

HWB

hwb(239.6, 44.3%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fffe71

Analogous

#71b9ff

#7172ff

#b771ff

Triadic

#7172ff

#ff7172

#72ff71

Split-complementary

#7172ff

#ffb771

#b9ff71

Tetradic

#7172ff

#fe71ff

#fffe71

#72ff71

Square

#7172ff

#ff71b9

#fffe71

#71ffb7

Shades

Color #7172ff mixed toward black.

#3435ff

#0002f5

#0001b8

#00017b

#00003d

Tints

Color #7172ff mixed toward white.

#898aff

#a0a1ff

#b8b9ff

#d0d0ff

#e7e8ff

Tones

Color #7172ff mixed toward gray.

#7d7ef3

#8989e7

#9595dc

#a0a1d0

#acacc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171e7 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#7171e1 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#71d1cc · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 28.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7172ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7172ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7172ff (#7172ff) is rgb(113, 114, 255) in RGB.

No, #7172ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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