#738af9

Color #738af9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#738af9

RGB

rgb(115, 138, 249)

HSL

hsl(229.7, 91.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.7, 53.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.8%, 44.6%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(60.48, 22.66, -58.16)

LCH

lch(60.48, 62.42, 291.29)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1656, 272.39)

HWB

hwb(229.7, 45.1%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9e273

Analogous

#73cdf9

#738af9

#9f73f9

Triadic

#738af9

#f9738a

#8af973

Split-complementary

#738af9

#f99f73

#cdf973

Tetradic

#738af9

#e273f9

#f9e273

#8af973

Square

#738af9

#f973cd

#f9e273

#73f99f

Shades

Color #738af9 mixed toward black.

#3959f7

#0a30e9

#0724af

#051874

#020c3a

Tints

Color #738af9 mixed toward white.

#8a9efa

#a2b1fb

#b9c5fc

#d0d8fd

#e8ecfe

Tones

Color #738af9 mixed toward gray.

#7e91ee

#8999e3

#95a0d8

#a0a7cc

#abafc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ee4 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#7c7adf · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#74d2ce · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 26

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #738af9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#738af9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#738af9 (#738af9) is rgb(115, 138, 249) in RGB.

No, #738af9 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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