#738ae8

Color #738ae8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#738ae8

RGB

rgb(115, 138, 232)

HSL

hsl(228.2, 71.8%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.2, 50.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.4%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(59.57, 17.41, -50.22)

LCH

lch(59.57, 53.15, 289.12)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1423, 271.65)

HWB

hwb(228.2, 45.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8d173

Analogous

#73c4e8

#738ae8

#9673e8

Triadic

#738ae8

#e8738a

#8ae873

Split-complementary

#738ae8

#e89673

#c4e873

Tetradic

#738ae8

#d173e8

#e8d173

#8ae873

Square

#738ae8

#e873c4

#e8d173

#73e896

Shades

Color #738ae8 mixed toward black.

#4160e0

#2141c7

#183195

#102163

#081032

Tints

Color #738ae8 mixed toward white.

#8a9dec

#a2b1f0

#b9c4f3

#d0d8f7

#e8ebfb

Tones

Color #738ae8 mixed toward gray.

#7d90de

#8696d4

#909ccb

#9aa2c1

#a4a7b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ed6 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#7c7ad2 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#74c6c3 · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #738ae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#738ae8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#738ae8 (#738ae8) is rgb(115, 138, 232) in RGB.

No, #738ae8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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