#449aef

Color #449aef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#449aef

RGB

rgb(68, 154, 239)

HSL

hsl(209.8, 84.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.8, 71.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.5%, 35.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.14, 1.76, -50.14)

LCH

lch(62.14, 50.17, 272.01)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.1509, 250.89)

HWB

hwb(209.8, 26.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef9944

Analogous

#44efee

#449aef

#4445ef

Triadic

#449aef

#ef449a

#9aef44

Split-complementary

#449aef

#ef4445

#efee44

Tetradic

#449aef

#9944ef

#ef9944

#9aef44

Square

#449aef

#ee44ef

#ef9944

#45ef44

Shades

Color #449aef mixed toward black.

#1581eb

#1067bd

#0c4d8d

#08335e

#041a2f

Tints

Color #449aef mixed toward white.

#63abf2

#82bcf4

#a2cdf7

#c1ddfa

#e0eefc

Tones

Color #449aef mixed toward gray.

#529ae1

#619ad2

#6f9ac4

#7d9ab6

#8b9aa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374de · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#6e68da · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#4bd0cc · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #449aef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#449aef]

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Frequently asked questions

#449aef (#449aef) is rgb(68, 154, 239) in RGB.

No, #449aef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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