#4070cb

Color #4070cb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4070cb

RGB

rgb(64, 112, 203)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 57.2%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 68.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.5%, 44.8%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(48.25, 13.81, -52.08)

LCH

lch(48.25, 53.88, 284.85)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.1505, 261.83)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 25.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb9b40

Analogous

#40b6cb

#4070cb

#5640cb

Triadic

#4070cb

#cb4070

#70cb40

Split-complementary

#4070cb

#cb5640

#b6cb40

Tetradic

#4070cb

#9b40cb

#cb9b40

#70cb40

Square

#4070cb

#cb40b6

#cb9b40

#40cb56

Shades

Color #4070cb mixed toward black.

#305caf

#26498c

#1d3769

#132546

#0a1223

Tints

Color #4070cb mixed toward white.

#6088d4

#80a0dc

#a0b8e5

#bfcfee

#dfe7f6

Tones

Color #4070cb mixed toward gray.

#4c74bf

#5777b4

#637ba8

#6e7e9d

#7a8291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5959ba · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#5652b6 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#43aba8 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4070cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4070cb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4070cb (#4070cb) is rgb(64, 112, 203) in RGB.

No, #4070cb 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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