#4e90ee

Color #4e90ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4e90ee

RGB

rgb(78, 144, 238)

HSL

hsl(215.3, 82.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.3, 67.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.2%, 39.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(59.65, 8.75, -53.52)

LCH

lch(59.65, 54.23, 279.29)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.1562, 257.5)

HWB

hwb(215.3, 30.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeac4e

Analogous

#4ee0ee

#4e90ee

#5c4eee

Triadic

#4e90ee

#ee4e90

#90ee4e

Split-complementary

#4e90ee

#ee5c4e

#e0ee4e

Tetradic

#4e90ee

#ac4eee

#eeac4e

#90ee4e

Square

#4e90ee

#ee4ee0

#eeac4e

#4eee5c

Shades

Color #4e90ee mixed toward black.

#1e72e9

#125ac0

#0e4490

#092d60

#051730

Tints

Color #4e90ee mixed toward white.

#6ca2f1

#89b5f4

#a7c7f7

#c4daf9

#e2ecfc

Tones

Color #4e90ee mixed toward gray.

#5b92e1

#6995d3

#7697c6

#8399b9

#919cab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171dc · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#6d67d7 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#53ccc9 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e90ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e90ee]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e90ee (#4e90ee) is rgb(78, 144, 238) in RGB.

No, #4e90ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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