#4971aa

Color #4971aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4971aa

RGB

rgb(73, 113, 170)

HSL

hsl(215.3, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.3, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.14, 3.37, -34.73)

LCH

lch(47.14, 34.89, 275.54)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.1005, 257.29)

HWB

hwb(215.3, 28.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8249

Analogous

#49a1aa

#4971aa

#5249aa

Triadic

#4971aa

#aa4971

#71aa49

Split-complementary

#4971aa

#aa5249

#a1aa49

Tetradic

#4971aa

#8249aa

#aa8249

#71aa49

Square

#4971aa

#aa49a1

#aa8249

#49aa52

Shades

Color #4971aa mixed toward black.

#3d5e8e

#314b71

#243855

#182639

#0c131c

Tints

Color #4971aa mixed toward white.

#6388bc

#82a0c9

#a2b7d7

#c1cfe4

#e0e7f2

Tones

Color #4971aa mixed toward gray.

#5172a2

#59749a

#617592

#69778a

#717881

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d9f · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#5b579c · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#4c9592 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4971aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4971aa]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4971aa (#4971aa) is rgb(73, 113, 170) in RGB.

No, #4971aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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