#466ea0

Color #466ea0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#466ea0

RGB

rgb(70, 110, 160)

HSL

hsl(213.3, 39.1%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.3, 56.3%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(45.62, 1.21, -31.26)

LCH

lch(45.62, 31.28, 272.22)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0912, 254.68)

HWB

hwb(213.3, 27.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a07846

Analogous

#469ba0

#466ea0

#4b46a0

Triadic

#466ea0

#a0466e

#6ea046

Split-complementary

#466ea0

#a04b46

#9ba046

Tetradic

#466ea0

#7846a0

#a07846

#6ea046

Square

#466ea0

#a0469b

#a07846

#46a04b

Shades

Color #466ea0 mixed toward black.

#3a5c85

#2f496b

#233750

#172535

#0c121b

Tints

Color #466ea0 mixed toward white.

#5d85b8

#7d9ec6

#9eb6d4

#becee3

#dfe7f1

Tones

Color #466ea0 mixed toward gray.

#4e6f98

#557091

#5d7189

#647182

#6c727a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4:1

White text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a96 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#585493 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#498d8b · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #466ea0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#466ea0]

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

#466ea0 (#466ea0) is rgb(70, 110, 160) in RGB.

No, #466ea0 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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