#4482e2

Color #4482e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4482e2

RGB

rgb(68, 130, 226)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 73.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 69.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.9%, 42.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(54.74, 11.49, -54.69)

LCH

lch(54.74, 55.88, 281.86)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.1593, 258.92)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 26.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2a444

Analogous

#44d1e2

#4482e2

#5544e2

Triadic

#4482e2

#e24482

#82e244

Split-complementary

#4482e2

#e25544

#d1e244

Tetradic

#4482e2

#a444e2

#e2a444

#82e244

Square

#4482e2

#e244d1

#e2a444

#44e255

Shades

Color #4482e2 mixed toward black.

#2167d4

#1a52a9

#143e7f

#0d2955

#07152a

Tints

Color #4482e2 mixed toward white.

#6397e7

#82acec

#a1c0f0

#c1d5f5

#e0eafa

Tones

Color #4482e2 mixed toward gray.

#5185d5

#5e87c8

#6b8aba

#798dad

#8690a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565d0 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#615ccb · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#49c0bc · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4482e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4482e2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4482e2 (#4482e2) is rgb(68, 130, 226) in RGB.

No, #4482e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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