#4074b4

Color #4074b4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.9 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4074b4

RGB

rgb(64, 116, 180)

HSL

hsl(213.1, 47.5%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.1, 64.4%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.4%, 35.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(48.1, 3.16, -39.06)

LCH

lch(48.1, 39.19, 274.63)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.1149, 254.71)

HWB

hwb(213.1, 25.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b48040

Analogous

#40aeb4

#4074b4

#4640b4

Triadic

#4074b4

#b44074

#74b440

Split-complementary

#4074b4

#b44640

#aeb440

Tetradic

#4074b4

#8040b4

#b48040

#74b440

Square

#4074b4

#b440ae

#b48040

#40b446

Shades

Color #4074b4 mixed toward black.

#356196

#2b4d78

#203a5a

#15273c

#0b131e

Tints

Color #4074b4 mixed toward white.

#5b8bc5

#7ca2d0

#9db9dc

#bed0e8

#dee8f3

Tones

Color #4074b4 mixed toward gray.

#4a75aa

#5376a0

#5d7797

#67788d

#707984

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.38:1

White text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5ba7 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#5854a4 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#449c9a · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4074b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4074b4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#4074b4 (#4074b4) is rgb(64, 116, 180) in RGB.

No, #4074b4 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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