#4e86e4

Color #4e86e4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4e86e4

RGB

rgb(78, 134, 228)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 73.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 65.8%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.8%, 41.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(56.36, 11.3, -53.21)

LCH

lch(56.36, 54.4, 281.99)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.1541, 260.13)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 30.6%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ac4e

Analogous

#4ed1e4

#4e86e4

#614ee4

Triadic

#4e86e4

#e44e86

#86e44e

Split-complementary

#4e86e4

#e4614e

#d1e44e

Tetradic

#4e86e4

#ac4ee4

#e4ac4e

#86e44e

Square

#4e86e4

#e44ed1

#e4ac4e

#4ee461

Shades

Color #4e86e4 mixed toward black.

#2268dd

#1b53b1

#143e85

#0e2a58

#07152c

Tints

Color #4e86e4 mixed toward white.

#6c9ae8

#89aeed

#a7c3f1

#c4d7f6

#e2ebfa

Tones

Color #4e86e4 mixed toward gray.

#5b89d7

#678ccb

#7490be

#8093b2

#8d96a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bd2 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6763ce · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#52c3bf · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e86e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e86e4]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e86e4 (#4e86e4) is rgb(78, 134, 228) in RGB.

No, #4e86e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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