#4491ef

Color #4491ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4491ef

RGB

rgb(68, 145, 239)

HSL

hsl(213, 84.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213, 71.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.5%, 39.3%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(59.62, 7.06, -54.14)

LCH

lch(59.62, 54.6, 277.43)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1598, 255.02)

HWB

hwb(213, 26.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efa244

Analogous

#44e6ef

#4491ef

#4d44ef

Triadic

#4491ef

#ef4491

#91ef44

Split-complementary

#4491ef

#ef4d44

#e6ef44

Tetradic

#4491ef

#a244ef

#efa244

#91ef44

Square

#4491ef

#ef44e6

#efa244

#44ef4d

Shades

Color #4491ef mixed toward black.

#1575eb

#105ebd

#0c468d

#082f5e

#04172f

Tints

Color #4491ef mixed toward white.

#63a3f2

#82b6f4

#a2c8f7

#c1dafa

#e0edfc

Tones

Color #4491ef mixed toward gray.

#5292e1

#6194d2

#6f95c4

#7d97b6

#8b98a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6edd · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#6963d8 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#4acdca · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4491ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4491ef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#4491ef (#4491ef) is rgb(68, 145, 239) in RGB.

No, #4491ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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