#4874a5

Color #4874a5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 6.19 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4874a5

RGB

rgb(72, 116, 165)

HSL

hsl(211.6, 39.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.6, 56.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(47.73, -0.32, -30.88)

LCH

lch(47.73, 30.88, 269.41)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.0912, 252.18)

HWB

hwb(211.6, 28.2%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a57948

Analogous

#48a3a5

#4874a5

#4b48a5

Triadic

#4874a5

#a54874

#74a548

Split-complementary

#4874a5

#a54b48

#a3a548

Tetradic

#4874a5

#7948a5

#a57948

#74a548

Square

#4874a5

#a548a3

#a57948

#48a54b

Shades

Color #4874a5 mixed toward black.

#3c618a

#304d6e

#243a53

#182737

#0c131c

Tints

Color #4874a5 mixed toward white.

#618bba

#80a2c8

#a0b9d6

#c0d1e3

#dfe8f1

Tones

Color #4874a5 mixed toward gray.

#50759d

#587596

#5f758e

#677686

#6f767e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5f9b · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#5c5898 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#4b9290 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4874a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4874a5]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4874a5 (#4874a5) is rgb(72, 116, 165) in RGB.

No, #4874a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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