#4479e2

Color #4479e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 11.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4479e2

RGB

rgb(68, 121, 226)

HSL

hsl(219.9, 73.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.9, 69.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.9%, 46.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(52.28, 17.02, -58.64)

LCH

lch(52.28, 61.06, 286.19)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.1696, 262.34)

HWB

hwb(219.9, 26.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2ad44

Analogous

#44c8e2

#4479e2

#5e44e2

Triadic

#4479e2

#e24479

#79e244

Split-complementary

#4479e2

#e25e44

#c8e244

Tetradic

#4479e2

#ad44e2

#e2ad44

#79e244

Square

#4479e2

#e244c8

#e2ad44

#44e25e

Shades

Color #4479e2 mixed toward black.

#215dd4

#1a4aa9

#14387f

#0d2555

#07132a

Tints

Color #4479e2 mixed toward white.

#638fe7

#82a6ec

#a1bcf0

#c1d2f5

#e0e9fa

Tones

Color #4479e2 mixed toward gray.

#517dd5

#5e81c8

#6b86ba

#798aad

#868fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f60cf · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#5c58ca · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#48beba · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4479e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4479e2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4479e2 (#4479e2) is rgb(68, 121, 226) in RGB.

No, #4479e2 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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