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#728DCA

#728dca ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#728dca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 55.29% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.56% cyan, 30.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 221.59°, with 45.36% saturation and 61.96% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.03.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2689

Complementary

  1. #728dca
  2. #caaf72

Split complementary

  1. #728dca
  2. #ca8372
  3. #b9ca72

Analogous

  1. #72b9ca
  2. #728dca
  3. #8372ca

Triadic

  1. #728dca
  2. #ca728d
  3. #8dca72

Tetradic

  1. #728dca
  2. #af72ca
  3. #caaf72
  4. #8dca72

Square

  1. #728dca
  2. #ca72b9
  3. #caaf72
  4. #72ca83

Monochromatic

  1. #2d4376
  2. #4163ae
  3. #728dca
  4. #aabadf
  5. #e1e7f4

Shades

#728dca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #728dca
  2. #677fb6
  3. #5b71a2
  4. #50638d
  5. #445579
  6. #394765
  7. #2e3851
  8. #222a3d
  9. #171c28
  10. #0b0e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#728dca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #728dca
  2. #8098cf
  3. #8ea4d5
  4. #9cafda
  5. #aabbdf
  6. #b9c6e5
  7. #c7d1ea
  8. #d5ddef
  9. #e3e8f4
  10. #f1f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#728dca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #728dca
  2. #738cc3
  3. #758abb
  4. #7689b4
  5. #7888ac
  6. #7987a5
  7. #7a859e
  8. #7c8496
  9. #7d838f
  10. #7f8187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #838da9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7792cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8ac9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #529aa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7590cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #708bc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6195b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-728dca {
  color: #728dca;
}
Background
.bg-728dca {
  background-color: #728dca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-728dca {
  border: 2px solid #728dca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #728dca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 141 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-728dca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #728dca, #8372ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-728dca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 141 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.82 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.06 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.12 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.36 #8d7235 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Glaucous
#728dca  rgb(114, 141, 202)  hsl(222, 45%, 62%)  Glaucous
#caaf72  rgb(202, 175, 114)  hsl(42, 45%, 62%)  Ecru
#ca728d  rgb(202, 114, 141)  hsl(342, 45%, 62%)  Pale Violet Red
#8dca72  rgb(141, 202, 114)  hsl(102, 45%, 62%)  Pistachio