#4a71cb

Color #4a71cb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.16 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4a71cb

RGB

rgb(74, 113, 203)

HSL

hsl(221.9, 55.4%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.9, 63.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.5%, 44.3%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(48.98, 14.84, -50.89)

LCH

lch(48.98, 53.01, 286.26)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.146, 264.57)

HWB

hwb(221.9, 29%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cba44a

Analogous

#4ab1cb

#4a71cb

#644acb

Triadic

#4a71cb

#cb4a71

#71cb4a

Split-complementary

#4a71cb

#cb644a

#b1cb4a

Tetradic

#4a71cb

#a44acb

#cba44a

#71cb4a

Square

#4a71cb

#cb4ab1

#cba44a

#4acb64

Shades

Color #4a71cb mixed toward black.

#335ab3

#29488f

#1f366c

#152448

#0a1224

Tints

Color #4a71cb mixed toward white.

#6889d4

#86a0dc

#a4b8e5

#c3d0ee

#e1e7f6

Tones

Color #4a71cb mixed toward gray.

#5575c0

#5f79b6

#6a7eab

#7582a0

#808695

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5eba · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#5b58b6 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#4daca8 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a71cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a71cb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4a71cb (#4a71cb) is rgb(74, 113, 203) in RGB.

No, #4a71cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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