#4178ce

Color #4178ce

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4178ce

RGB

rgb(65, 120, 206)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 59%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 68.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.4%, 41.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(50.7, 10.06, -49.87)

LCH

lch(50.7, 50.87, 281.4)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.1449, 259.06)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 25.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9741

Analogous

#41bece

#4178ce

#5041ce

Triadic

#4178ce

#ce4178

#78ce41

Split-complementary

#4178ce

#ce5041

#bece41

Tetradic

#4178ce

#9741ce

#ce9741

#78ce41

Square

#4178ce

#ce41be

#ce9741

#41ce50

Shades

Color #4178ce mixed toward black.

#2e62b3

#254f90

#1c3b6c

#132748

#091424

Tints

Color #4178ce mixed toward white.

#618ed6

#80a5de

#a0bbe6

#c0d2ef

#dfe8f7

Tones

Color #4178ce mixed toward gray.

#4d7ac2

#587db6

#6480ab

#70829f

#7c8593

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black 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

#5e5ebe · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#5b56ba · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#45afac · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4178ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4178ce]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4178ce (#4178ce) is rgb(65, 120, 206) in RGB.

No, #4178ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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