#76a2ed

Color #76a2ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#76a2ed

RGB

rgb(118, 162, 237)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 76.8%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 50.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(66.37, 5.62, -42.24)

LCH

lch(66.37, 42.61, 277.58)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1204, 260.63)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 46.3%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc176

Analogous

#76deed

#76a2ed

#8576ed

Triadic

#76a2ed

#ed76a2

#a2ed76

Split-complementary

#76a2ed

#ed8576

#deed76

Tetradic

#76a2ed

#c176ed

#edc176

#a2ed76

Square

#76a2ed

#ed76de

#edc176

#76ed85

Shades

Color #76a2ed mixed toward black.

#427fe6

#1b5fd1

#15479d

#0e2f69

#071834

Tints

Color #76a2ed mixed toward white.

#8db2f0

#a4c1f3

#bad1f6

#d1e0f9

#e8f0fc

Tones

Color #76a2ed mixed toward gray.

#80a5e3

#8aa7d9

#94aacf

#9eacc5

#a8afbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cde · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#8985da · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#79d1ce · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #76a2ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#76a2ed]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#76a2ed (#76a2ed) is rgb(118, 162, 237) in RGB.

No, #76a2ed 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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