#4c90ee

Color #4c90ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4c90ee

RGB

rgb(76, 144, 238)

HSL

hsl(214.8, 82.7%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.8, 68.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(59.57, 8.44, -53.65)

LCH

lch(59.57, 54.31, 278.94)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1569, 257.04)

HWB

hwb(214.8, 29.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeaa4c

Analogous

#4ce1ee

#4c90ee

#594cee

Triadic

#4c90ee

#ee4c90

#90ee4c

Split-complementary

#4c90ee

#ee594c

#e1ee4c

Tetradic

#4c90ee

#aa4cee

#eeaa4c

#90ee4c

Square

#4c90ee

#ee4ce1

#eeaa4c

#4cee59

Shades

Color #4c90ee mixed toward black.

#1c72ea

#125bbf

#0e448f

#092d60

#051730

Tints

Color #4c90ee mixed toward white.

#6aa3f1

#88b5f4

#a6c8f7

#c3daf9

#e1edfc

Tones

Color #4c90ee mixed toward gray.

#5a92e1

#6794d3

#7597c6

#8299b8

#909bab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7071dc · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#6c67d7 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#51ccc9 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c90ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c90ee]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4c90ee (#4c90ee) is rgb(76, 144, 238) in RGB.

No, #4c90ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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