#4e79da

Color #4e79da

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e79da

RGB

rgb(78, 121, 218)

HSL

hsl(221.6, 65.4%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.6, 64.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.2%, 44.5%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(52.24, 15.78, -54.18)

LCH

lch(52.24, 56.43, 286.24)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.1556, 264.21)

HWB

hwb(221.6, 30.6%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#daaf4e

Analogous

#4ebfda

#4e79da

#694eda

Triadic

#4e79da

#da4e79

#79da4e

Split-complementary

#4e79da

#da694e

#bfda4e

Tetradic

#4e79da

#af4eda

#daaf4e

#79da4e

Square

#4e79da

#da4ebf

#daaf4e

#4eda69

Shades

Color #4e79da mixed toward black.

#2b5ccc

#224aa3

#1a377a

#112552

#091229

Tints

Color #4e79da mixed toward white.

#6b8fe0

#89a6e6

#a6bcec

#c4d2f3

#e1e9f9

Tones

Color #4e79da mixed toward gray.

#5a7dce

#6582c3

#7186b7

#7d8bab

#888fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6364c8 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#615dc3 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#51b8b4 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e79da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e79da]

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

#4e79da (#4e79da) is rgb(78, 121, 218) in RGB.

No, #4e79da is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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