#4882aa

Color #4882aa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 5.96 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4882aa

RGB

rgb(72, 130, 170)

HSL

hsl(204.5, 40.5%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.5, 57.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(52.11, -6.94, -26.97)

LCH

lch(52.11, 27.85, 255.57)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.0867, 240.57)

HWB

hwb(204.5, 28.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa7048

Analogous

#48aaa1

#4882aa

#4851aa

Triadic

#4882aa

#aa4882

#82aa48

Split-complementary

#4882aa

#aa4851

#aaa148

Tetradic

#4882aa

#7048aa

#aa7048

#82aa48

Square

#4882aa

#a148aa

#aa7048

#51aa48

Shades

Color #4882aa mixed toward black.

#3c6c8e

#305771

#244155

#182b39

#0c161c

Tints

Color #4882aa mixed toward white.

#6298bd

#82acca

#a1c1d7

#c0d6e4

#e0eaf2

Tones

Color #4882aa mixed toward gray.

#5081a2

#587f9a

#617e92

#697c89

#717b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6667a1 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#635e9f · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#4c9a99 · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 17.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4882aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4882aa]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#4882aa (#4882aa) is rgb(72, 130, 170) in RGB.

No, #4882aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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