#478ae2

Color #478ae2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#478ae2

RGB

rgb(71, 138, 226)

HSL

hsl(214.1, 72.8%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.1, 68.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(57.08, 7.1, -50.96)

LCH

lch(57.08, 51.45, 277.93)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.1495, 256.15)

HWB

hwb(214.1, 27.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29f47

Analogous

#47d7e2

#478ae2

#5147e2

Triadic

#478ae2

#e2478a

#8ae247

Split-complementary

#478ae2

#e25147

#d7e247

Tetradic

#478ae2

#9f47e2

#e29f47

#8ae247

Square

#478ae2

#e247d7

#e29f47

#47e251

Shades

Color #478ae2 mixed toward black.

#226fd6

#1b59ab

#144380

#0d2d55

#07162b

Tints

Color #478ae2 mixed toward white.

#669de7

#84b1ec

#a3c4f1

#c2d8f5

#e0ebfa

Tones

Color #478ae2 mixed toward gray.

#548cd5

#618dc8

#6e8fbb

#7b91ae

#8793a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bd1 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#6761cd · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#4cc2bf · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #478ae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#478ae2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#478ae2 (#478ae2) is rgb(71, 138, 226) in RGB.

No, #478ae2 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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