#728ce8

Color #728ce8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#728ce8

RGB

rgb(114, 140, 232)

HSL

hsl(226.8, 72%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.8, 50.9%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 39.7%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(60.03, 16, -49.49)

LCH

lch(60.03, 52.01, 287.92)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.1401, 270.29)

HWB

hwb(226.8, 44.7%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ce72

Analogous

#72c7e8

#728ce8

#9372e8

Triadic

#728ce8

#e8728c

#8ce872

Split-complementary

#728ce8

#e89372

#c7e872

Tetradic

#728ce8

#ce72e8

#e8ce72

#8ce872

Square

#728ce8

#e872c7

#e8ce72

#72e893

Shades

Color #728ce8 mixed toward black.

#4063e0

#2045c6

#183495

#102263

#081132

Tints

Color #728ce8 mixed toward white.

#899fec

#a1b2f0

#b8c5f4

#d0d9f7

#e7ecfb

Tones

Color #728ce8 mixed toward gray.

#7c91de

#8597d4

#8f9cca

#99a2c1

#a3a7b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ed6 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#7d7bd2 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#73c7c3 · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #728ce8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#728ce8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#728ce8 (#728ce8) is rgb(114, 140, 232) in RGB.

No, #728ce8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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