#4e84b4

Color #4e84b4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 1.81 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4e84b4

RGB

rgb(78, 132, 180)

HSL

hsl(208.2, 40.5%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.2, 56.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(53.4, -3.6, -30.71)

LCH

lch(53.4, 30.92, 263.31)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0937, 246.94)

HWB

hwb(208.2, 30.6%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b47e4e

Analogous

#4eb4b1

#4e84b4

#4e51b4

Triadic

#4e84b4

#b44e84

#84b44e

Split-complementary

#4e84b4

#b44e51

#b4b14e

Tetradic

#4e84b4

#7e4eb4

#b47e4e

#84b44e

Square

#4e84b4

#b14eb4

#b47e4e

#51b44e

Shades

Color #4e84b4 mixed toward black.

#406e97

#335879

#26425b

#1a2c3c

#0d161e

Tints

Color #4e84b4 mixed toward white.

#6c99c1

#89adcd

#a7c2da

#c4d6e6

#e2ebf3

Tones

Color #4e84b4 mixed toward gray.

#5784ac

#5f83a3

#68839b

#708292

#79828a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6aaa · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#6662a7 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#52a1a0 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e84b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e84b4]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4e84b4 (#4e84b4) is rgb(78, 132, 180) in RGB.

No, #4e84b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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