#458ae2

Color #458ae2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#458ae2

RGB

rgb(69, 138, 226)

HSL

hsl(213.6, 73%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.6, 69.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(57.01, 6.8, -51.08)

LCH

lch(57.01, 51.53, 277.58)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1503, 255.67)

HWB

hwb(213.6, 27.1%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29d45

Analogous

#45d9e2

#458ae2

#4e45e2

Triadic

#458ae2

#e2458a

#8ae245

Split-complementary

#458ae2

#e24e45

#d9e245

Tetradic

#458ae2

#9d45e2

#e29d45

#8ae245

Square

#458ae2

#e245d9

#e29d45

#45e24e

Shades

Color #458ae2 mixed toward black.

#2170d4

#1b5aaa

#14437f

#0d2d55

#07162a

Tints

Color #458ae2 mixed toward white.

#649de7

#83b1ec

#a2c4f0

#c1d8f5

#e0ebfa

Tones

Color #458ae2 mixed toward gray.

#528cd5

#5f8dc8

#6c8fbb

#7990ae

#8692a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6ad1 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#6660cd · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#4ac2bf · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #458ae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#458ae2]

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

#458ae2 (#458ae2) is rgb(69, 138, 226) in RGB.

No, #458ae2 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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