#406ee5

Color #406ee5

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 2.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#406ee5

RGB

rgb(64, 110, 229)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 76%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 72.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.1%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(49.37, 24.42, -65.03)

LCH

lch(49.37, 69.46, 290.58)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.1878, 265.05)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 25.1%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5b740

Analogous

#40c0e5

#406ee5

#6540e5

Triadic

#406ee5

#e5406e

#6ee540

Split-complementary

#406ee5

#e56540

#c0e540

Tetradic

#406ee5

#b740e5

#e5b740

#6ee540

Square

#406ee5

#e540c0

#e5b740

#40e565

Shades

Color #406ee5 mixed toward black.

#1d51d7

#1741ac

#123181

#0c2056

#06102b

Tints

Color #406ee5 mixed toward white.

#6086e9

#809eee

#a0b7f2

#bfcff6

#dfe7fb

Tones

Color #406ee5 mixed toward gray.

#4e74d7

#5c7aca

#6980bc

#7786ae

#858da0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.58:1

White text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5858d0 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#5551cb · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#43bdb9 · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 27.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #406ee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#406ee5]

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

#406ee5 (#406ee5) is rgb(64, 110, 229) in RGB.

No, #406ee5 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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