#0449ef

Color #0449ef

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 25.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#0449ef

RGB

rgb(4, 73, 239)

HSL

hsl(222.4, 96.7%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.4, 98.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(98.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(39.61, 47.45, -86.68)

LCH

lch(39.61, 98.82, 298.7)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.2533, 263.34)

HWB

hwb(222.4, 1.6%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efaa04

Analogous

#04beef

#0449ef

#3504ef

Triadic

#0449ef

#ef0449

#49ef04

Split-complementary

#0449ef

#ef3504

#beef04

Tetradic

#0449ef

#aa04ef

#efaa04

#49ef04

Square

#0449ef

#ef04be

#efaa04

#04ef35

Shades

Color #0449ef mixed toward black.

#033dc7

#03319f

#022477

#011850

#010c28

Tints

Color #0449ef mixed toward white.

#2463fb

#5082fc

#7ca1fd

#a7c1fe

#d3e0fe

Tones

Color #0449ef mixed toward gray.

#1851db

#2b59c8

#3f61b4

#5269a1

#66718d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.2:1

White 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

#3030d6 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#2d28cf · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#0ebfb9 · ΔE 48.7

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 30.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #0449ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0449ef]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#0449ef (#0449ef) is rgb(4, 73, 239) in RGB.

No, #0449ef is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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