#4f70ba

Color #4f70ba

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4f70ba

RGB

rgb(79, 112, 186)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 43.7%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 57.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.5%, 39.8%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(48, 10.62, -42.65)

LCH

lch(48, 43.95, 283.98)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.1215, 264.62)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 31%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba994f

Analogous

#4fa6ba

#4f70ba

#644fba

Triadic

#4f70ba

#ba4f70

#70ba4f

Split-complementary

#4f70ba

#ba644f

#a6ba4f

Tetradic

#4f70ba

#994fba

#ba994f

#70ba4f

Square

#4f70ba

#ba4fa6

#ba994f

#4fba64

Shades

Color #4f70ba mixed toward black.

#3e5c9f

#324a7f

#25375f

#192540

#0c1220

Tints

Color #4f70ba mixed toward white.

#6c88c6

#8aa0d1

#a7b8dd

#c4cfe8

#e2e7f4

Tones

Color #4f70ba mixed toward gray.

#5874b1

#6177a8

#6a7a9f

#737e96

#7c818e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.36:1

White text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fac · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#5d5aa8 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#519f9c · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4f70ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f70ba]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4f70ba (#4f70ba) is rgb(79, 112, 186) in RGB.

No, #4f70ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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