#407faa

Color #407faa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 4.57 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#407faa

RGB

rgb(64, 127, 170)

HSL

hsl(204.3, 45.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.3, 62.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(50.88, -6.82, -28.9)

LCH

lch(50.88, 29.69, 256.72)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.093, 240.84)

HWB

hwb(204.3, 25.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa6b40

Analogous

#40aaa0

#407faa

#404aaa

Triadic

#407faa

#aa407f

#7faa40

Split-complementary

#407faa

#aa404a

#aaa040

Tetradic

#407faa

#6b40aa

#aa6b40

#7faa40

Square

#407faa

#a040aa

#aa6b40

#4aaa40

Shades

Color #407faa mixed toward black.

#356a8e

#2b5571

#204055

#152a39

#0b151c

Tints

Color #407faa mixed toward white.

#5896c0

#79abcd

#9bc0d9

#bcd5e6

#deeaf2

Tones

Color #407faa mixed toward gray.

#497da1

#527c98

#5b7a90

#637887

#6c777e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262a1 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#5e599f · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#459998 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 18.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #407faa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#407faa]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#407faa (#407faa) is rgb(64, 127, 170) in RGB.

No, #407faa 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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