#4989eb

Color #4989eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4989eb

RGB

rgb(73, 137, 235)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 80.2%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 68.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.9%, 41.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(57.37, 11.15, -55.51)

LCH

lch(57.37, 56.62, 281.36)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.1616, 258.72)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 28.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebab49

Analogous

#49daeb

#4989eb

#5a49eb

Triadic

#4989eb

#eb4989

#89eb49

Split-complementary

#4989eb

#eb5a49

#daeb49

Tetradic

#4989eb

#ab49eb

#ebab49

#89eb49

Square

#4989eb

#eb49da

#ebab49

#49eb5a

Shades

Color #4989eb mixed toward black.

#1b6be6

#1455b9

#0f408b

#0a2b5d

#05152e

Tints

Color #4989eb mixed toward white.

#679dee

#86b0f2

#a4c4f5

#c2d8f8

#e1ebfc

Tones

Color #4989eb mixed toward gray.

#578cde

#648fd0

#7292c3

#7f94b5

#8d97a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bd8 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#6762d4 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#4ec8c4 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4989eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4989eb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4989eb (#4989eb) is rgb(73, 137, 235) in RGB.

No, #4989eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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