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#738bd2 color: Violets Are Blue

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225°
100%

OKLCH

64.8%
0.110
269°
  • ≈ Steel blue
  • Blue
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • indigo-400
  • Black 18%

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White text3.31:1 · Below AALc -66
Black text6.35:1 · AALc 44

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About #738bd2

#738bd2 is a soft blue color. In OKLCH it has 64.8% lightness, 0.11 chroma and a hue of 269°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.31:1 contrast and black text 6.35:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Violets Are Blue (#7487c6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is indigo-400.

More medium blue colors

Lighter: #738bd2 mixed with white

  1. 738bd2
  2. 8097d7
  3. 8da2dc
  4. 9baee1
  5. a9b9e6
  6. b7c5ea
  7. c5d0ef
  8. d3dcf3
  9. e2e8f7
  10. f0f3fb

Darker: #738bd2 mixed with black

  1. 738bd2
  2. 6378b6
  3. 54669b
  4. 455481
  5. 364368
  6. 283250
  7. 1b2339
  8. 0f1424
  9. 050710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #738bd2 with less saturation

  1. 738bd2
  2. 768ccb
  3. 788cc5
  4. 7b8dbe
  5. 7e8db8
  6. 818eb1
  7. 838eaa
  8. 868ea3
  9. 898e9d
  10. 8c8e95