#71a5e6

Color #71a5e6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.96 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#71a5e6

RGB

rgb(113, 165, 230)

HSL

hsl(213.3, 70.1%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.3, 50.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66.62, 0.69, -38.02)

LCH

lch(66.62, 38.03, 271.04)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1107, 254.55)

HWB

hwb(213.3, 44.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b271

Analogous

#71e0e6

#71a5e6

#7871e6

Triadic

#71a5e6

#e671a5

#a5e671

Split-complementary

#71a5e6

#e67871

#e0e671

Tetradic

#71a5e6

#b271e6

#e6b271

#a5e671

Square

#71a5e6

#e671e0

#e6b271

#71e678

Shades

Color #71a5e6 mixed toward black.

#4186de

#226ac3

#1a4f92

#113561

#091a31

Tints

Color #71a5e6 mixed toward white.

#89b4ea

#a0c3ee

#b8d2f3

#d0e1f7

#e7f0fb

Tones

Color #71a5e6 mixed toward gray.

#7ba6dc

#85a7d3

#8ea8c9

#98a9bf

#a2abb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bd9 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#8883d5 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#74cdcb · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #71a5e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#71a5e6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#71a5e6 (#71a5e6) is rgb(113, 165, 230) in RGB.

No, #71a5e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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