#4985ea

Color #4985ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 8.01 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4985ea

RGB

rgb(73, 133, 234)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 79.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 68.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.8%, 43.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(56.22, 13.22, -56.79)

LCH

lch(56.22, 58.31, 283.1)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.1648, 260.18)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 28.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaae49

Analogous

#49d6ea

#4985ea

#5d49ea

Triadic

#4985ea

#ea4985

#85ea49

Split-complementary

#4985ea

#ea5d49

#d6ea49

Tetradic

#4985ea

#ae49ea

#eaae49

#85ea49

Square

#4985ea

#ea49d6

#eaae49

#49ea5d

Shades

Color #4985ea mixed toward black.

#1b66e5

#1552b7

#103d8a

#0b295c

#05142e

Tints

Color #4985ea mixed toward white.

#6799ed

#86aef1

#a4c2f4

#c2d6f8

#e1ebfb

Tones

Color #4985ea mixed toward gray.

#5689dd

#648ccf

#718fc2

#7f93b4

#8c96a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6869d7 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#6560d2 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#4dc7c3 · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4985ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4985ea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4985ea (#4985ea) is rgb(73, 133, 234) in RGB.

No, #4985ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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