#4e79ee

Color #4e79ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e79ee

RGB

rgb(78, 121, 238)

HSL

hsl(223.9, 82.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.9, 67.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.2%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(53.45, 22.71, -63.44)

LCH

lch(53.45, 67.38, 289.7)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.1825, 265.95)

HWB

hwb(223.9, 30.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec34e

Analogous

#4ec9ee

#4e79ee

#734eee

Triadic

#4e79ee

#ee4e79

#79ee4e

Split-complementary

#4e79ee

#ee734e

#c9ee4e

Tetradic

#4e79ee

#c34eee

#eec34e

#79ee4e

Square

#4e79ee

#ee4ec9

#eec34e

#4eee73

Shades

Color #4e79ee mixed toward black.

#1e55e9

#1241c0

#0e3190

#092160

#051030

Tints

Color #4e79ee mixed toward white.

#6c8ff1

#89a6f4

#a7bcf7

#c4d2f9

#e2e9fc

Tones

Color #4e79ee mixed toward gray.

#5b7fe1

#6985d3

#768cc6

#8392b9

#9198ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6364d9 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#615dd4 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#51c6c2 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e79ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e79ee]

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

#4e79ee (#4e79ee) is rgb(78, 121, 238) in RGB.

No, #4e79ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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