#4a74ba

Color #4a74ba

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.88 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4a74ba

RGB

rgb(74, 116, 186)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 44.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 60.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.2%, 37.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(48.87, 7.13, -41.29)

LCH

lch(48.87, 41.9, 279.8)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.1189, 260.12)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 29%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba904a

Analogous

#4aacba

#4a74ba

#584aba

Triadic

#4a74ba

#ba4a74

#74ba4a

Split-complementary

#4a74ba

#ba584a

#acba4a

Tetradic

#4a74ba

#904aba

#ba904a

#74ba4a

Square

#4a74ba

#ba4aac

#ba904a

#4aba58

Shades

Color #4a74ba mixed toward black.

#3c609d

#304d7e

#243a5e

#18263f

#0c131f

Tints

Color #4a74ba mixed toward white.

#688bc6

#86a2d1

#a5badd

#c3d1e8

#e1e8f4

Tones

Color #4a74ba mixed toward gray.

#5376b1

#5d79a7

#667b9e

#6f7d95

#79808b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fac · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#5d59a9 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#4da19e · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a74ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a74ba]

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

#4a74ba (#4a74ba) is rgb(74, 116, 186) in RGB.

No, #4a74ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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