#718bec

Color #718bec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.91 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#718bec

RGB

rgb(113, 139, 236)

HSL

hsl(227.3, 76.4%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.3, 52.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(59.92, 17.61, -51.89)

LCH

lch(59.92, 54.8, 288.75)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.1472, 270.62)

HWB

hwb(227.3, 44.3%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecd271

Analogous

#71c8ec

#718bec

#9471ec

Triadic

#718bec

#ec718b

#8bec71

Split-complementary

#718bec

#ec9471

#c8ec71

Tetradic

#718bec

#d271ec

#ecd271

#8bec71

Square

#718bec

#ec71c8

#ecd271

#71ec94

Shades

Color #718bec mixed toward black.

#3e61e5

#1b41cd

#15319a

#0e2167

#071033

Tints

Color #718bec mixed toward white.

#899eef

#a0b2f2

#b8c5f5

#d0d8f9

#e7ecfc

Tones

Color #718bec mixed toward gray.

#7b91e2

#8597d7

#909dcd

#9aa3c3

#a4a9b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dda · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#7c7ad5 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#72cac6 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #718bec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#718bec]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#718bec (#718bec) is rgb(113, 139, 236) in RGB.

No, #718bec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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