#4682e6

Color #4682e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 8.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4682e6

RGB

rgb(70, 130, 230)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 76.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 69.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.6%, 43.5%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(55.05, 13.2, -56.44)

LCH

lch(55.05, 57.96, 283.16)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.1639, 260.02)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 27.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6aa46

Analogous

#46d2e6

#4682e6

#5a46e6

Triadic

#4682e6

#e64682

#82e646

Split-complementary

#4682e6

#e65a46

#d2e646

Tetradic

#4682e6

#aa46e6

#e6aa46

#82e646

Square

#4682e6

#e646d2

#e6aa46

#46e65a

Shades

Color #4682e6 mixed toward black.

#1e65dc

#1851b0

#123d84

#0c2858

#06142c

Tints

Color #4682e6 mixed toward white.

#6597ea

#84acee

#a2c0f2

#c1d5f7

#e0eafb

Tones

Color #4682e6 mixed toward gray.

#5385d9

#6189cb

#6e8cbe

#7b8fb1

#8993a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6566d3 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#625dcf · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#4ac3bf · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4682e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4682e6]

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

#4682e6 (#4682e6) is rgb(70, 130, 230) in RGB.

No, #4682e6 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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