#4980d5

Color #4980d5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.28 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#4980d5

RGB

rgb(73, 128, 213)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 62.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 65.7%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.7%, 39.9%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(53.66, 8.92, -49.1)

LCH

lch(53.66, 49.9, 280.3)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.1425, 258.83)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 28.6%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d59e49

Analogous

#49c6d5

#4980d5

#5849d5

Triadic

#4980d5

#d54980

#80d549

Split-complementary

#4980d5

#d55849

#c6d549

Tetradic

#4980d5

#9e49d5

#d59e49

#80d549

Square

#4980d5

#d549c6

#d59e49

#49d558

Shades

Color #4980d5 mixed toward black.

#2d67c2

#24539b

#1b3e74

#12294d

#091527

Tints

Color #4980d5 mixed toward white.

#6795dc

#86aae3

#a4c0ea

#c2d5f1

#e1eaf8

Tones

Color #4980d5 mixed toward gray.

#5583c9

#6085be

#6c88b2

#788aa6

#838d9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6566c5 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#625ec1 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#4db7b3 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4980d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4980d5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4980d5 (#4980d5) is rgb(73, 128, 213) in RGB.

No, #4980d5 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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