#4279ef

Color #4279ef

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 7.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4279ef

RGB

rgb(66, 121, 239)

HSL

hsl(220.9, 84.4%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.9, 72.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.4%, 49.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(53.02, 21.4, -64.73)

LCH

lch(53.02, 68.18, 288.29)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.1873, 263.13)

HWB

hwb(220.9, 25.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb842

Analogous

#42d0ef

#4279ef

#6142ef

Triadic

#4279ef

#ef4279

#79ef42

Split-complementary

#4279ef

#ef6142

#d0ef42

Tetradic

#4279ef

#b842ef

#efb842

#79ef42

Square

#4279ef

#ef42d0

#efb842

#42ef61

Shades

Color #4279ef mixed toward black.

#1458ea

#1046bb

#0c358d

#08235e

#04122f

Tints

Color #4279ef mixed toward white.

#618ff2

#81a6f4

#a0bcf7

#c0d2fa

#dfe9fc

Tones

Color #4279ef mixed toward gray.

#507ee1

#5f84d2

#6d89c4

#7c8eb5

#8a93a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fda · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#5b57d4 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#46c7c3 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 26.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4279ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4279ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4279ef (#4279ef) is rgb(66, 121, 239) in RGB.

No, #4279ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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