#478ed9

Color #478ed9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#478ed9

RGB

rgb(71, 142, 217)

HSL

hsl(210.8, 65.8%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.8, 67.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.3%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(57.74, 1.6, -44.88)

LCH

lch(57.74, 44.91, 272.04)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.134, 251.82)

HWB

hwb(210.8, 27.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d99247

Analogous

#47d7d9

#478ed9

#4947d9

Triadic

#478ed9

#d9478e

#8ed947

Split-complementary

#478ed9

#d94947

#d7d947

Tetradic

#478ed9

#9247d9

#d99247

#8ed947

Square

#478ed9

#d947d7

#d99247

#47d949

Shades

Color #478ed9 mixed toward black.

#2976c7

#215e9f

#194777

#102f50

#081828

Tints

Color #478ed9 mixed toward white.

#66a1df

#84b4e6

#a3c7ec

#c2d9f2

#e0ecf9

Tones

Color #478ed9 mixed toward gray.

#538ecd

#5f8fc1

#6c8fb5

#788fa8

#84909c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6eca · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#6963c6 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#4dbdba · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #478ed9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#478ed9]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#478ed9 (#478ed9) is rgb(71, 142, 217) in RGB.

No, #478ed9 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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