#4868c6

Color #4868c6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 15 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4868c6

RGB

rgb(72, 104, 198)

HSL

hsl(224.8, 52.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.8, 63.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.6%, 47.5%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(46.12, 18.39, -52.61)

LCH

lch(46.12, 55.73, 289.27)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.1507, 267.15)

HWB

hwb(224.8, 28.2%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6a648

Analogous

#48a7c6

#4868c6

#6748c6

Triadic

#4868c6

#c64868

#68c648

Split-complementary

#4868c6

#c66748

#a7c648

Tetradic

#4868c6

#a648c6

#c6a648

#68c648

Square

#4868c6

#c648a7

#c6a648

#48c667

Shades

Color #4868c6 mixed toward black.

#3553ab

#2b4389

#203267

#152145

#0b1122

Tints

Color #4868c6 mixed toward white.

#6681cf

#859ad9

#a3b3e2

#c2cdec

#e0e6f5

Tones

Color #4868c6 mixed toward gray.

#526dbb

#5d72b1

#6777a6

#727d9c

#7c8291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.07:1

White text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5858b5 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#5653b0 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#4aa6a2 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4868c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4868c6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#4868c6 (#4868c6) is rgb(72, 104, 198) in RGB.

No, #4868c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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