#4496ff

Color #4496ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 4.77 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4496ff

RGB

rgb(68, 150, 255)

HSL

hsl(213.7, 100%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.7, 73.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(61.88, 9.73, -59.34)

LCH

lch(61.88, 60.13, 279.31)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1748, 256)

HWB

hwb(213.7, 26.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffad44

Analogous

#44f3ff

#4496ff

#4f44ff

Triadic

#4496ff

#ff4496

#96ff44

Split-complementary

#4496ff

#ff4f44

#f3ff44

Tetradic

#4496ff

#ad44ff

#ffad44

#96ff44

Square

#4496ff

#ff44f3

#ffad44

#44ff4f

Shades

Color #4496ff mixed toward black.

#0e78ff

#005ed7

#0047a1

#002f6c

#001836

Tints

Color #4496ff mixed toward white.

#63a7ff

#82b9ff

#a1caff

#c1dcff

#e0edff

Tones

Color #4496ff mixed toward gray.

#5398ef

#639ae0

#739cd0

#829ec1

#929fb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172eb · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#6c66e6 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#4bdad6 · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 25.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4496ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4496ff]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4496ff (#4496ff) is rgb(68, 150, 255) in RGB.

No, #4496ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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