#4996d8

Color #4996d8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4996d8

RGB

rgb(73, 150, 216)

HSL

hsl(207.7, 64.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.7, 66.2%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(60.05, -3.06, -40.68)

LCH

lch(60.05, 40.79, 265.7)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1249, 247.05)

HWB

hwb(207.7, 28.6%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d88b49

Analogous

#49d8d3

#4996d8

#494fd8

Triadic

#4996d8

#d84996

#96d849

Split-complementary

#4996d8

#d8494f

#d8d349

Tetradic

#4996d8

#8b49d8

#d88b49

#96d849

Square

#4996d8

#d349d8

#d88b49

#4fd849

Shades

Color #4996d8 mixed toward black.

#2b7ec6

#22659f

#1a4c77

#11334f

#091928

Tints

Color #4996d8 mixed toward white.

#67a8df

#86b9e5

#a4cbec

#c2dcf2

#e1eef9

Tones

Color #4996d8 mixed toward gray.

#5595cc

#6194c0

#6d93b4

#7992a8

#85919c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7273cb · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#6e68c7 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#4fbfbc · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4996d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4996d8]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4996d8 (#4996d8) is rgb(73, 150, 216) in RGB.

No, #4996d8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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