#4e78ca

Color #4e78ca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e78ca

RGB

rgb(78, 120, 202)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 53.9%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 61.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.4%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(51.05, 10.9, -46.99)

LCH

lch(51.05, 48.24, 283.06)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.1349, 262.5)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 30.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa04e

Analogous

#4eb6ca

#4e78ca

#624eca

Triadic

#4e78ca

#ca4e78

#78ca4e

Split-complementary

#4e78ca

#ca624e

#b6ca4e

Tetradic

#4e78ca

#a04eca

#caa04e

#78ca4e

Square

#4e78ca

#ca4eb6

#caa04e

#4eca62

Shades

Color #4e78ca mixed toward black.

#3660b4

#2b4d90

#203a6c

#162748

#0b1324

Tints

Color #4e78ca mixed toward white.

#6c8ed3

#89a5dc

#a7bbe4

#c4d2ed

#e2e8f6

Tones

Color #4e78ca mixed toward gray.

#587bc0

#637fb5

#6d82ab

#7785a1

#828996

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363ba · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#605db6 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#51ada9 · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e78ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e78ca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e78ca (#4e78ca) is rgb(78, 120, 202) in RGB.

No, #4e78ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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