#4d74dc

Color #4d74dc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 10.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#4d74dc

RGB

rgb(77, 116, 220)

HSL

hsl(223.6, 67.1%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.6, 65%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(65%, 47.3%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(50.96, 19.39, -57.36)

LCH

lch(50.96, 60.55, 288.68)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.1646, 265.99)

HWB

hwb(223.6, 30.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcb54d

Analogous

#4dbcdc

#4d74dc

#6d4ddc

Triadic

#4d74dc

#dc4d74

#74dc4d

Split-complementary

#4d74dc

#dc6d4d

#bcdc4d

Tetradic

#4d74dc

#b54ddc

#dcb54d

#74dc4d

Square

#4d74dc

#dc4dbc

#dcb54d

#4ddc6d

Shades

Color #4d74dc mixed toward black.

#2956cf

#2145a5

#18347c

#102253

#081129

Tints

Color #4d74dc mixed toward white.

#6b8be2

#88a2e8

#a6b9ed

#c4d1f3

#e1e8f9

Tones

Color #4d74dc mixed toward gray.

#5979d0

#657fc4

#7184b8

#7d8aac

#888fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6061c9 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#5e5bc4 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#50b8b4 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 25.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4d74dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d74dc]

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

#4d74dc (#4d74dc) is rgb(77, 116, 220) in RGB.

No, #4d74dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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