#749cde

Color #749cde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#749cde

RGB

rgb(116, 156, 222)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 61.6%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 47.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(63.97, 4.13, -37.74)

LCH

lch(63.97, 37.97, 276.25)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.1074, 260.08)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 45.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deb674

Analogous

#74d1de

#749cde

#8174de

Triadic

#749cde

#de749c

#9cde74

Split-complementary

#749cde

#de8174

#d1de74

Tetradic

#749cde

#b674de

#deb674

#9cde74

Square

#749cde

#de74d1

#deb674

#74de81

Shades

Color #749cde mixed toward black.

#477cd3

#2b60b6

#204889

#16305b

#0b182e

Tints

Color #749cde mixed toward white.

#8bade4

#a2bde9

#baceef

#d1def4

#e8effa

Tones

Color #749cde mixed toward gray.

#7d9ed5

#86a0cc

#8fa3c4

#97a5bb

#a0a7b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788d0 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#8582cd · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#76c5c2 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #749cde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#749cde]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#749cde (#749cde) is rgb(116, 156, 222) in RGB.

No, #749cde 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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