#4074ca

Color #4074ca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4074ca

RGB

rgb(64, 116, 202)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 56.6%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 68.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.3%, 42.6%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(49.31, 10.95, -49.82)

LCH

lch(49.31, 51.01, 282.4)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.1445, 259.92)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 25.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca9640

Analogous

#40b9ca

#4074ca

#5140ca

Triadic

#4074ca

#ca4074

#74ca40

Split-complementary

#4074ca

#ca5140

#b9ca40

Tetradic

#4074ca

#9640ca

#ca9640

#74ca40

Square

#4074ca

#ca40b9

#ca9640

#40ca51

Shades

Color #4074ca mixed toward black.

#305fae

#274c8b

#1d3968

#132645

#0a1323

Tints

Color #4074ca mixed toward white.

#608bd3

#80a2dc

#a0bae5

#bfd1ed

#dfe8f6

Tones

Color #4074ca mixed toward gray.

#4c77bf

#577ab3

#637da8

#6e7f9c

#7a8291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5bba · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#5854b6 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#44aca8 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4074ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4074ca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4074ca (#4074ca) is rgb(64, 116, 202) in RGB.

No, #4074ca 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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