#4875bb

Color #4875bb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4875bb

RGB

rgb(72, 117, 187)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 45.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 61.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(49.11, 6.47, -41.49)

LCH

lch(49.11, 41.99, 278.86)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.1199, 258.94)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 28.2%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb8e48

Analogous

#48afbb

#4875bb

#5548bb

Triadic

#4875bb

#bb4875

#75bb48

Split-complementary

#4875bb

#bb5548

#afbb48

Tetradic

#4875bb

#8e48bb

#bb8e48

#75bb48

Square

#4875bb

#bb48af

#bb8e48

#48bb55

Shades

Color #4875bb mixed toward black.

#3b619d

#2f4e7e

#233a5e

#17273f

#0c131f

Tints

Color #4875bb mixed toward white.

#678cc6

#85a3d2

#a4badd

#c2d1e8

#e1e8f4

Tones

Color #4875bb mixed toward gray.

#5277b1

#5b79a8

#657b9e

#6e7d95

#787f8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fad · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#5c58aa · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#4ba19f · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 21.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4875bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4875bb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4875bb (#4875bb) is rgb(72, 117, 187) in RGB.

No, #4875bb 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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