#76a9e4

Color #76a9e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.96 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#76a9e4

RGB

rgb(118, 169, 228)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 67.1%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 48.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(67.89, -0.99, -34.93)

LCH

lch(67.89, 34.94, 268.38)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.1022, 252.75)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 46.3%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4b176

Analogous

#76e0e4

#76a9e4

#7a76e4

Triadic

#76a9e4

#e476a9

#a9e476

Split-complementary

#76a9e4

#e47a76

#e0e476

Tetradic

#76a9e4

#b176e4

#e4b176

#a9e476

Square

#76a9e4

#e476e0

#e4b176

#76e47a

Shades

Color #76a9e4 mixed toward black.

#468bdb

#266ec1

#1c5290

#133760

#091b30

Tints

Color #76a9e4 mixed toward white.

#8db7e8

#a4c6ed

#bad4f1

#d1e2f6

#e8f1fa

Tones

Color #76a9e4 mixed toward gray.

#7faadb

#88aad2

#91abc8

#9bacbf

#a4acb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fd8 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#8c88d5 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#79cdcb · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #76a9e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#76a9e4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#76a9e4 (#76a9e4) is rgb(118, 169, 228) in RGB.

No, #76a9e4 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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