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Royal Blue Color

#4169e1

Royal Blue Color

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A vivid, medium-dark blue historically associated with British royal regalia.

Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4169e1

RGB

rgb(65, 105, 225)

HSL

hsl(225, 72.7%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 71.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.1%, 53.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(47.83, 26.26, -65.26)

LCH

lch(47.83, 70.35, 291.92)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.1883, 266.41)

HWB

hwb(225, 25.5%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b941

Analogous

#41b9e1

#4169e1

#6941e1

Triadic

#4169e1

#e14169

#69e141

Split-complementary

#4169e1

#e16941

#b9e141

Tetradic

#4169e1

#b941e1

#e1b941

#69e141

Square

#4169e1

#e141b9

#e1b941

#41e169

Shades

Royal Blue Color mixed toward black.

#214dd1

#1a3ea7

#142e7d

#0d1f54

#070f2a

Tints

Royal Blue Color mixed toward white.

#6182e6

#809beb

#a0b4f0

#c0cdf5

#dfe6fa

Tones

Royal Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#4f70d4

#5c76c6

#697db9

#7684ac

#848a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5555cc · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#5350c7 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#44bab5 · ΔE 39.1

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4169e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4169e1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

Royal Blue (#4169e1) is rgb(65, 105, 225) in RGB.

No, #4169e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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