#4e8bee

Color #4e8bee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.76 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e8bee

RGB

rgb(78, 139, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 82.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 67.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.2%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(58.28, 11.74, -55.71)

LCH

lch(58.28, 56.93, 281.9)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.1616, 259.63)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 30.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb14e

Analogous

#4edbee

#4e8bee

#614eee

Triadic

#4e8bee

#ee4e8b

#8bee4e

Split-complementary

#4e8bee

#ee614e

#dbee4e

Tetradic

#4e8bee

#b14eee

#eeb14e

#8bee4e

Square

#4e8bee

#ee4edb

#eeb14e

#4eee61

Shades

Color #4e8bee mixed toward black.

#1e6ce9

#1255c0

#0e4090

#092a60

#051530

Tints

Color #4e8bee mixed toward white.

#6c9ef1

#89b2f4

#a7c5f7

#c4d8f9

#e2ecfc

Tones

Color #4e8bee mixed toward gray.

#5b8ee1

#6991d3

#7695c6

#8398b9

#919bab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6edb · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#6a65d6 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#52cbc7 · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e8bee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e8bee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4e8bee (#4e8bee) is rgb(78, 139, 238) in RGB.

No, #4e8bee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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