#4490ef

Color #4490ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.11 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4490ef

RGB

rgb(68, 144, 239)

HSL

hsl(213.3, 84.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.3, 71.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(59.35, 7.65, -54.58)

LCH

lch(59.35, 55.11, 277.98)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.161, 255.43)

HWB

hwb(213.3, 26.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efa344

Analogous

#44e6ef

#4490ef

#4d44ef

Triadic

#4490ef

#ef4490

#90ef44

Split-complementary

#4490ef

#ef4d44

#e6ef44

Tetradic

#4490ef

#a344ef

#efa344

#90ef44

Square

#4490ef

#ef44e6

#efa344

#44ef4d

Shades

Color #4490ef mixed toward black.

#1574eb

#105dbd

#0c468d

#082e5e

#04172f

Tints

Color #4490ef mixed toward white.

#63a3f2

#82b5f4

#a2c8f7

#c1dafa

#e0edfc

Tones

Color #4490ef mixed toward gray.

#5292e1

#6193d2

#6f95c4

#7d96b6

#8b98a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6edd · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#6963d8 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#4acdc9 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4490ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4490ef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4490ef (#4490ef) is rgb(68, 144, 239) in RGB.

No, #4490ef 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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