#4873af

Color #4873af

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.89 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#4873af

RGB

rgb(72, 115, 175)

HSL

hsl(215, 41.7%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 58.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(47.92, 3.61, -36.42)

LCH

lch(47.92, 36.6, 275.66)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.1056, 256.92)

HWB

hwb(215, 28.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af8448

Analogous

#48a6af

#4873af

#5148af

Triadic

#4873af

#af4873

#73af48

Split-complementary

#4873af

#af5148

#a6af48

Tetradic

#4873af

#8448af

#af8448

#73af48

Square

#4873af

#af48a6

#af8448

#48af51

Shades

Color #4873af mixed toward black.

#3c6092

#304d75

#243957

#18263a

#0c131d

Tints

Color #4873af mixed toward white.

#648abf

#83a1cc

#a2b9d9

#c1d0e5

#e0e8f2

Tones

Color #4873af mixed toward gray.

#5174a6

#59769e

#627795

#6a798d

#737a84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ea3 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#5b58a0 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#4b9996 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 20.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4873af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4873af]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4873af (#4873af) is rgb(72, 115, 175) in RGB.

No, #4873af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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