#717ac5

Color #717ac5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.11 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#717ac5

RGB

rgb(113, 122, 197)

HSL

hsl(233.6, 42%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.6, 42.6%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 38.1%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(53.45, 16, -40.21)

LCH

lch(53.45, 43.28, 291.7)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.1141, 277.2)

HWB

hwb(233.6, 44.3%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5bc71

Analogous

#71a4c5

#717ac5

#9271c5

Triadic

#717ac5

#c5717a

#7ac571

Split-complementary

#717ac5

#c59271

#a4c571

Tetradic

#717ac5

#bc71c5

#c5bc71

#7ac571

Square

#717ac5

#c571a4

#c5bc71

#71c592

Shades

Color #717ac5 mixed toward black.

#4c58b6

#3c4593

#2d346e

#1e2349

#0f1125

Tints

Color #717ac5 mixed toward white.

#8990cf

#a0a6d8

#b8bde2

#d0d3ec

#e7e9f5

Tones

Color #717ac5 mixed toward gray.

#7880be

#7f85b7

#868bb0

#8d90a9

#9496a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575b6 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7474b3 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#71aaa7 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #717ac5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#717ac5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#717ac5 (#717ac5) is rgb(113, 122, 197) in RGB.

No, #717ac5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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