#4974fa

Color #4974fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 8.35 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4974fa

RGB

rgb(73, 116, 250)

HSL

hsl(225.4, 94.7%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.4, 70.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.8%, 53.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(52.74, 29.3, -71.29)

LCH

lch(52.74, 77.08, 292.34)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.2056, 266.68)

HWB

hwb(225.4, 28.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#facf49

Analogous

#49cdfa

#4974fa

#7649fa

Triadic

#4974fa

#fa4974

#74fa49

Split-complementary

#4974fa

#fa7649

#cdfa49

Tetradic

#4974fa

#cf49fa

#facf49

#74fa49

Square

#4974fa

#fa49cd

#facf49

#49fa76

Shades

Color #4974fa mixed toward black.

#144cf9

#0637d2

#04299d

#031c69

#010e34

Tints

Color #4974fa mixed toward white.

#678bfb

#86a2fc

#a4b9fd

#c2d1fd

#e1e8fe

Tones

Color #4974fa mixed toward gray.

#587ceb

#6683dc

#758bce

#8492bf

#939ab0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fe3 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#5c59dd · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#4ccec9 · ΔE 40.2

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 28.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4974fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4974fa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4974fa (#4974fa) is rgb(73, 116, 250) in RGB.

No, #4974fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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