#4970e6

Color #4970e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 3.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4970e6

RGB

rgb(73, 112, 230)

HSL

hsl(225.1, 75.8%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.1, 68.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(50.35, 24.76, -63.98)

LCH

lch(50.35, 68.6, 291.16)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.1841, 266.79)

HWB

hwb(225.1, 28.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6bf49

Analogous

#49bee6

#4970e6

#7049e6

Triadic

#4970e6

#e64970

#70e649

Split-complementary

#4970e6

#e67049

#bee649

Tetradic

#4970e6

#bf49e6

#e6bf49

#70e649

Square

#4970e6

#e649be

#e6bf49

#49e670

Shades

Color #4970e6 mixed toward black.

#1f4ede

#183eb2

#122f85

#0c1f59

#06102c

Tints

Color #4970e6 mixed toward white.

#6788ea

#86a0ee

#a4b7f2

#c2cff7

#e1e7fb

Tones

Color #4970e6 mixed toward gray.

#5677d9

#637dcc

#7084bf

#7d8ab2

#8a91a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5dd1 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#5a57cc · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#4cbfba · ΔE 38.1

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4970e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4970e6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4970e6 (#4970e6) is rgb(73, 112, 230) in RGB.

No, #4970e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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