#729fe3

Color #729fe3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#729fe3

RGB

rgb(114, 159, 227)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 66.9%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 49.8%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.8%, 30%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(64.9, 3.43, -39.06)

LCH

lch(64.9, 39.21, 275.02)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.112, 258.41)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 44.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3b672

Analogous

#72d8e3

#729fe3

#7e72e3

Triadic

#729fe3

#e3729f

#9fe372

Split-complementary

#729fe3

#e37e72

#d8e372

Tetradic

#729fe3

#b672e3

#e3b672

#9fe372

Square

#729fe3

#e372d8

#e3b672

#72e37e

Shades

Color #729fe3 mixed toward black.

#437fda

#2662be

#1c4a8e

#13315f

#09192f

Tints

Color #729fe3 mixed toward white.

#8aafe8

#a1bfec

#b9cff1

#d0dff6

#e8effa

Tones

Color #729fe3 mixed toward gray.

#7ca1da

#85a3d0

#8ea5c7

#98a7bd

#a1a9b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888d5 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#8582d2 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#75c9c7 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #729fe3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#729fe3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#729fe3 (#729fe3) is rgb(114, 159, 227) in RGB.

No, #729fe3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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