#4972aa

Color #4972aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4972aa

RGB

rgb(73, 114, 170)

HSL

hsl(214.6, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.6, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.43, 2.76, -34.27)

LCH

lch(47.43, 34.38, 274.6)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.0994, 256.51)

HWB

hwb(214.6, 28.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8149

Analogous

#49a2aa

#4972aa

#5049aa

Triadic

#4972aa

#aa4972

#72aa49

Split-complementary

#4972aa

#aa5049

#a2aa49

Tetradic

#4972aa

#8149aa

#aa8149

#72aa49

Square

#4972aa

#aa49a2

#aa8149

#49aa50

Shades

Color #4972aa mixed toward black.

#3d5f8e

#314c71

#243955

#182639

#0c131c

Tints

Color #4972aa mixed toward white.

#6389bc

#82a0c9

#a2b8d7

#c1d0e4

#e0e7f2

Tones

Color #4972aa mixed toward gray.

#5173a2

#59749a

#617692

#69778a

#717881

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.27:1

White text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5e9f · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#5b589c · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#4c9593 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 19.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4972aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4972aa]

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

#4972aa (#4972aa) is rgb(73, 114, 170) in RGB.

No, #4972aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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