#4690ef

Color #4690ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4690ef

RGB

rgb(70, 144, 239)

HSL

hsl(213.7, 84.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.7, 70.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.7%, 39.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(59.41, 7.92, -54.47)

LCH

lch(59.41, 55.04, 278.27)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1602, 255.88)

HWB

hwb(213.7, 27.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efa546

Analogous

#46e5ef

#4690ef

#5046ef

Triadic

#4690ef

#ef4690

#90ef46

Split-complementary

#4690ef

#ef5046

#e5ef46

Tetradic

#4690ef

#a546ef

#efa546

#90ef46

Square

#4690ef

#ef46e5

#efa546

#46ef50

Shades

Color #4690ef mixed toward black.

#1774eb

#105cbe

#0c458e

#082e5f

#04172f

Tints

Color #4690ef mixed toward white.

#65a3f2

#84b5f4

#a3c8f7

#c1dafa

#e0edfc

Tones

Color #4690ef mixed toward gray.

#5492e1

#6294d3

#7095c5

#7e97b7

#8c99a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fdd · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#6a64d8 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#4ccdc9 · 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: #4690ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4690ef]

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

#4690ef (#4690ef) is rgb(70, 144, 239) in RGB.

No, #4690ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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