#4d8eee

Color #4d8eee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4d8eee

RGB

rgb(77, 142, 238)

HSL

hsl(215.8, 82.6%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.8, 67.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(59.06, 9.79, -54.46)

LCH

lch(59.06, 55.33, 280.19)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.1587, 258.14)

HWB

hwb(215.8, 30.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eead4d

Analogous

#4ddeee

#4d8eee

#5d4dee

Triadic

#4d8eee

#ee4d8e

#8eee4d

Split-complementary

#4d8eee

#ee5d4d

#deee4d

Tetradic

#4d8eee

#ad4dee

#eead4d

#8eee4d

Square

#4d8eee

#ee4dde

#eead4d

#4dee5d

Shades

Color #4d8eee mixed toward black.

#1d70e9

#1258c0

#0e4290

#092c60

#051630

Tints

Color #4d8eee mixed toward white.

#6ba1f1

#88b4f4

#a6c7f7

#c4d9f9

#e1ecfc

Tones

Color #4d8eee mixed toward gray.

#5b91e1

#6893d3

#7596c6

#8398b8

#909bab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70dc · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#6b66d7 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#52ccc8 · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d8eee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d8eee]

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

#4d8eee (#4d8eee) is rgb(77, 142, 238) in RGB.

No, #4d8eee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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