#4979cf

Color #4979cf

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4979cf

RGB

rgb(73, 121, 207)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 58.3%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 64.7%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.7%, 41.5%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(51.38, 11.11, -49.34)

LCH

lch(51.38, 50.58, 282.69)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.1424, 261.15)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 28.6%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cf9f49

Analogous

#49bccf

#4979cf

#5c49cf

Triadic

#4979cf

#cf4979

#79cf49

Split-complementary

#4979cf

#cf5c49

#bccf49

Tetradic

#4979cf

#9f49cf

#cf9f49

#79cf49

Square

#4979cf

#cf49bc

#cf9f49

#49cf5c

Shades

Color #4979cf mixed toward black.

#3161b9

#274e94

#1d3a6f

#13274a

#0a1325

Tints

Color #4979cf mixed toward white.

#678fd7

#86a6df

#a4bce7

#c2d2ef

#e1e9f7

Tones

Color #4979cf mixed toward gray.

#547cc4

#5f7fb9

#6a82ae

#7686a2

#818997

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black 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

#6162bf · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#5f5bbb · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#4cb0ad · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4979cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4979cf]

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

#4979cf (#4979cf) is rgb(73, 121, 207) in RGB.

No, #4979cf 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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