#4e96e8

Color #4e96e8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.36 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e96e8

RGB

rgb(78, 150, 232)

HSL

hsl(211.9, 77%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.9, 66.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(61.01, 3.16, -48.05)

LCH

lch(61.01, 48.15, 273.76)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.1424, 253.31)

HWB

hwb(211.9, 30.6%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8a04e

Analogous

#4ee3e8

#4e96e8

#534ee8

Triadic

#4e96e8

#e84e96

#96e84e

Split-complementary

#4e96e8

#e8534e

#e3e84e

Tetradic

#4e96e8

#a04ee8

#e8a04e

#96e84e

Square

#4e96e8

#e84ee3

#e8a04e

#4ee853

Shades

Color #4e96e8 mixed toward black.

#207be2

#1862b7

#124a89

#0c315b

#06192e

Tints

Color #4e96e8 mixed toward white.

#6ca8ec

#89b9f0

#a7cbf4

#c4dcf7

#e2eefb

Tones

Color #4e96e8 mixed toward gray.

#5b97db

#6898ce

#7599c2

#8199b5

#8e9aa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475d8 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#706ad4 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#54cac7 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e96e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e96e8]

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Frequently asked questions

#4e96e8 (#4e96e8) is rgb(78, 150, 232) in RGB.

No, #4e96e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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