#4972bb

Color #4972bb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.13 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4972bb

RGB

rgb(73, 114, 187)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 45.6%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 61%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(61%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(48.31, 8.51, -42.76)

LCH

lch(48.31, 43.6, 281.26)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.123, 261.16)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 28.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9249

Analogous

#49abbb

#4972bb

#5949bb

Triadic

#4972bb

#bb4972

#72bb49

Split-complementary

#4972bb

#bb5949

#abbb49

Tetradic

#4972bb

#9249bb

#bb9249

#72bb49

Square

#4972bb

#bb49ab

#bb9249

#49bb59

Shades

Color #4972bb mixed toward black.

#3b5f9e

#2f4c7e

#23395f

#18263f

#0c1320

Tints

Color #4972bb mixed toward white.

#678ac6

#86a1d2

#a4b9dd

#c2d0e8

#e1e8f4

Tones

Color #4972bb mixed toward gray.

#5375b2

#5c77a8

#667a9f

#6f7d95

#797f8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.41:1

White text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5ead · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#5b58a9 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#4ca19e · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4972bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4972bb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4972bb (#4972bb) is rgb(73, 114, 187) in RGB.

No, #4972bb 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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