#749ceb

Color #749ceb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#749ceb

RGB

rgb(116, 156, 235)

HSL

hsl(219.8, 74.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.8, 50.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(64.55, 8.01, -44)

LCH

lch(64.55, 44.72, 280.32)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1249, 263.1)

HWB

hwb(219.8, 45.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebc374

Analogous

#74d8eb

#749ceb

#8774eb

Triadic

#749ceb

#eb749c

#9ceb74

Split-complementary

#749ceb

#eb8774

#d8eb74

Tetradic

#749ceb

#c374eb

#ebc374

#9ceb74

Square

#749ceb

#eb74d8

#ebc374

#74eb87

Shades

Color #749ceb mixed toward black.

#4178e4

#1d58cc

#164299

#0f2c66

#071633

Tints

Color #749ceb mixed toward white.

#8bacee

#a2bdf2

#b9cdf5

#d1def8

#e8eefc

Tones

Color #749ceb mixed toward gray.

#7e9fe1

#88a2d7

#92a6cd

#9ca9c3

#a6acb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788db · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#8582d7 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#76cecb · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 22.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #749ceb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#749ceb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#749ceb (#749ceb) is rgb(116, 156, 235) in RGB.

No, #749ceb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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