#4e83b5

Color #4e83b5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 1.62 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e83b5

RGB

rgb(78, 131, 181)

HSL

hsl(209.1, 41%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.1, 56.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(53.15, -2.7, -31.67)

LCH

lch(53.15, 31.78, 265.13)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0956, 248.4)

HWB

hwb(209.1, 30.6%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5804e

Analogous

#4eb5b3

#4e83b5

#4e50b5

Triadic

#4e83b5

#b54e83

#83b54e

Split-complementary

#4e83b5

#b54e50

#b5b34e

Tetradic

#4e83b5

#804eb5

#b5804e

#83b54e

Square

#4e83b5

#b34eb5

#b5804e

#50b54e

Shades

Color #4e83b5 mixed toward black.

#406d98

#33577a

#26425b

#192c3d

#0d161e

Tints

Color #4e83b5 mixed toward white.

#6c98c1

#89acce

#a7c1da

#c4d6e6

#e2eaf3

Tones

Color #4e83b5 mixed toward gray.

#5783ac

#5f83a4

#68829b

#708293

#79828a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696aab · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#6662a8 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#52a2a0 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e83b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e83b5]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#4e83b5 (#4e83b5) is rgb(78, 131, 181) in RGB.

No, #4e83b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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