#729ee4

Color #729ee4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.95 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#729ee4

RGB

rgb(114, 158, 228)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 67.9%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 50%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 30.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(64.67, 4.3, -39.97)

LCH

lch(64.67, 40.2, 276.14)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1142, 259.41)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 44.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4b872

Analogous

#72d7e4

#729ee4

#7f72e4

Triadic

#729ee4

#e4729e

#9ee472

Split-complementary

#729ee4

#e47f72

#d7e472

Tetradic

#729ee4

#b872e4

#e4b872

#9ee472

Square

#729ee4

#e472d7

#e4b872

#72e47f

Shades

Color #729ee4 mixed toward black.

#427ddb

#2561c0

#1b4890

#123060

#091830

Tints

Color #729ee4 mixed toward white.

#8aaee9

#a1beed

#b9cff2

#d0dff6

#e8effb

Tones

Color #729ee4 mixed toward gray.

#7ca0db

#85a2d1

#8fa5c8

#98a7be

#a2a9b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788d6 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#8581d2 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#75cac7 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #729ee4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#729ee4]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#729ee4 (#729ee4) is rgb(114, 158, 228) in RGB.

No, #729ee4 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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