#426bb4

Color #426bb4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.5 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#426bb4

RGB

rgb(66, 107, 180)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 46.3%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 63.3%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(45.59, 9.1, -43.04)

LCH

lch(45.59, 43.99, 281.94)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.124, 261.09)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 25.9%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b48b42

Analogous

#42a4b4

#426bb4

#5242b4

Triadic

#426bb4

#b4426b

#6bb442

Split-complementary

#426bb4

#b45242

#a4b442

Tetradic

#426bb4

#8b42b4

#b48b42

#6bb442

Square

#426bb4

#b442a4

#b48b42

#42b452

Shades

Color #426bb4 mixed toward black.

#375996

#2c4778

#21355a

#16243c

#0b121e

Tints

Color #426bb4 mixed toward white.

#5e83c4

#7e9cd0

#9eb4dc

#bfcde7

#dfe6f3

Tones

Color #426bb4 mixed toward gray.

#4b6eaa

#5570a1

#5e7397

#68768e

#717884

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5757a6 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#5451a2 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#459a97 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #426bb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#426bb4]

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

#426bb4 (#426bb4) is rgb(66, 107, 180) in RGB.

No, #426bb4 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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