#4b84ae

Color #4b84ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 4.82 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#4b84ae

RGB

rgb(75, 132, 174)

HSL

hsl(205.5, 39.8%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.5, 56.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(53.01, -6.17, -27.88)

LCH

lch(53.01, 28.55, 257.52)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0883, 242.24)

HWB

hwb(205.5, 29.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae754b

Analogous

#4baea7

#4b84ae

#4b52ae

Triadic

#4b84ae

#ae4b84

#84ae4b

Split-complementary

#4b84ae

#ae4b52

#aea74b

Tetradic

#4b84ae

#754bae

#ae754b

#84ae4b

Square

#4b84ae

#a74bae

#ae754b

#52ae4b

Shades

Color #4b84ae mixed toward black.

#3e6e91

#325874

#254257

#192c3a

#0c161d

Tints

Color #4b84ae mixed toward white.

#6799be

#85adcb

#a4c2d8

#c2d6e5

#e1ebf2

Tones

Color #4b84ae mixed toward gray.

#5383a6

#5b819d

#648095

#6c7f8d

#747e85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6869a5 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#6561a3 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#4f9e9c · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b84ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b84ae]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#4b84ae (#4b84ae) is rgb(75, 132, 174) in RGB.

No, #4b84ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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